Goto

[Bino Pete]

Hi,

When inputting my longitude coordinates into my goto mount, my minutes from my phone app reads '1' but my goto hand controller requires 2 digits. So do I input 01 or 10?

thanks.

[funkysandman]

01

[Cornelius Varley]

It will also depend on the format of coordinate given by the phone. If it is decimal format ie NN.nn you will need to multiply the .nn part by 60 to get the correct minutes.

[Cornelius Varley]

The Celestron Nexstar handset also requires degrees, minutes and seconds for the location coordinates. Using a site like this this one gives you your location in degrees and minutes. The minutes are decimalised so you will need to convert the decimal portion to seconds using the same method as above. The Nexstar handset also has a database of locations for US and international locations so selecting "Manchester" , if it is on the database could be a quick option.

[Bino Pete]

The longitude coordinates on my phone app reads -

3^o 39' 1" (numbers slightly changed for E-safety) 

but my goto handset requires it inputted as - XXX^o XX' XX" so would I put it in as 003^o 39' 01"?

Thanks

[Cornelius Varley]

9 minutes ago, Bino Pete said:

The longitude coordinates on my phone app reads -

3^o 39' 1" (numbers slightly changed for E-safety) 

but my goto handset requires it inputted as - XXX^o XX' XX" so would I put it in as 003^o 39' 01"?

Thanks

Yes, that is the correct format. Minutes and seconds of a degree are always entered as a two digit number between 00 and 59