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Paramount ME User's Guide
the mount is level, set the Paramount ME's altitude to the latitude of
the observing site (page
Step 2 Make sure that TheSky6 Professional Edition has the correct
date and time information, and then Home the mount by
clicking Telescope > Options > Find Home.
TheSky6 Professional Edition can compute the local sidereal time
(LST) and therefore knows the current equatorial coordinates of the
telescope (to plus or minus ten arcminutes for a mount that is
aligned to the pole).
Step 3 Slew to a bright star or planet near the meridian.
Locate a visible bright object in the sky, preferably one close to
celestial equator, and instruct the Paramount ME to slew to that
object. This step can even be performed during daylight hours if you
point to a planet or very bright star.
Step 4 Using the Altitude Positioning Device and the Azimuth
Adjustment Knobs, center the object in the field of view.
Using the precision altitude/azimuth adjustments on the Paramount
ME, adjust the altitude and azimuth (and therefore the telescope) so
that the object is centered in the field of view. Do not use the joystick
to slew the mount!
Remember, the mount and control system are pointing to the correct
position for where the object "should be" if the mount was aligned to
the pole. Most of the error that caused the telescope to "miss" the
object is due to the incorrect polar alignment of the mount.
Now that you have a star centered, you may wish to synchronize the
mount on this object. Before doing so, please carefully read
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synchronizing on a star within three degrees of the meridian is not
recommended.
Figure 30: Try to minimize OTA non-perpendicularity errors.
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