Does the 6SE require location?

[MrChris]

Hello everyone, 

I’m new to this and on setting up the nexstar 6SE I found ‘Zambia’ (not surprisingly) isn’t on the list of locations. If I input longitude and latitude, will that suffice? 

[Cosmic Geoff]

28 minutes ago, MrChris said:

I’m new to this and on setting up the nexstar 6SE I found ‘Zambia’ (not surprisingly) isn’t on the list of locations. If I input longitude and latitude, will that suffice? 

Setting longitude and latitude should be more accurate than setting the nearest city (or country). The 'nearest city' option is provided for the convenience of users, making it easier to enter something close to the actual location without error.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Cosmic Geoff

[michael8554]

Hi Chris

As Geoff said, enter the location manually.

In the degrees-minutes-seconds format.

Google will show your location in a decimal format.

-15.29,  28.29 for Lusaka.

That's 15deg 48min 00sec E,  28deg 48min 00sec S for your handset.

And MM/DD/YYYY for the time setting.

With DST set to +2, and currently ON.

Michael