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Old 14-01-2013, 10:27 PM
bullgunya (Mark)
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Timezone setup

I am new to astronomy and trying to setup an ioptron smartstar -A GOTO dual mount telescope.
Does anyone know what timezone I need to enter for Adelaide?
The quick setup guide is American & only says enter 600 minutes ahead of UT0 for Sydney but that didn't seem to work.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 14-01-2013, 10:56 PM
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The timezone for Adelaide is UTC+0930 (UTC + 570 minutes). Currently, as you know, daylight savings time is in effect, which brings the total UTC offset to +1030 (630 minutes).

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Old 14-01-2013, 11:15 PM
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I am new to astronomy and trying to setup an ioptron smartstar -A GOTO dual mount telescope.
Does anyone know what timezone I need to enter for Adelaide?
The quick setup guide is American & only says enter 600 minutes ahead of UT0 for Sydney but that didn't seem to work.
Any help would be appreciated.
What Steffen said. It would be 570 minutes ahead if it wants standard time and asks later if DST is in effect, or 630 minutes it it wanted the current offset.

I just program mounts in UTC and save the politician induced local time madness.
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