Help setting up Meade ETX125!!

[chrissara]

Hi all.

Been bad weather in Mackay - cloudy etc from the strong SE hitting Qld at the moment.

Having a balls of a problem trying to align two stars up with the Autostar program. I use Starry Night Pro to help me and I beigve I hit the right stars yet the Autostar claims there is an incorrect alignment.

Is the Autostar need some settings altered? My concern is even though I have it programmed for Brisbane (this being the nearest city), I am 1000klms north. If I obtain the GPS settings for Mackay, should I edit Brisbane to put this in to possibly help? Choose another star that sticks out like the proverbial?

[Miaplacidus]

Hi chrissara,

You should be able to add a city, rather than have to modify an existing one. And yes, I think I would do that for Mackay (Latitude: 21deg07'S Longitude: 149deg14'E), rather than use Brissy. If it doesn't work, let us know.

Brian.

[Mick]

Hi Chrissara, Brian is spot on, you can also look in the Astronomy 2006 book it gives the Lat and long for Mackay.
I have my Lx 90 user location set to Latitude: 21 08 longitude: 149 10.