Go Back   IceInSpace > Equipment > Equipment Discussions

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
  #1  
Old 17-01-2012, 11:55 PM
04Stefan07 (Stefan)
Make it so! - Capt.Picard

04Stefan07 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,982
Question SkyAlign trouble with 130SLT

Hey all.

Tonight I went outside for a few hours with my telescope.

I have a 130SLT Celestron.

It was such a nice night except for the damn mosquitos! I saw 4 satellites and 1 shooting star.

I went to use SkyAlign and I am still having problems with it.

Mainly it cannot find a match and says alignment failed. After a few goes it came up with a successful alignment!

I entered Jupiter into the pad but the telescope pointed the wrong way.

All the settings were entered in correctly.

Anyone have any suggestions or help?? I have not been able to use the features of the inbuilt computer yet because I cannot get this SkyAlign working properly.

Thanks!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 18-01-2012, 07:33 AM
kustard's Avatar
kustard (Simon)
Great Sage == Heaven

kustard is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 735
IIRC, the 130SLT does not come with a GPS so just make sure you have put in your location correctly (make sure you have the right hemispheres) and that the time and date are as accurate as you can make it. Also, double check the timezone setting (along with any DLS setting).

Cheers,
Simon
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 18-01-2012, 09:42 AM
adman (Adam)
Seriously Amateur

adman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,279
Also double check that the stars you are pointing at are the ones you think they are.

Adam
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 06:34 AM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement
Astrophotography Prize
Advertisement