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jcrew
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Adventures in mount land
#3036899 - 04/10/09 08:06 PM
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Well last night APRIL 9th was my first night out with my new Sirius mount. I am a complete noob when it comes to a GEM but I felt confident since I had my trusty owners manual.
Earlier that day I aligned the polar finder scope...all good. I get set-up outside to try and do a polar and 2 star alignment and all is well.So I do my polar alignment deal and choose a star to align to and begin slewing...nothing, zip, nada! I'm looking at the star with my eyes but my scope is NOT. It is a good bit off.
Anyway, to make a long story short...I set the doggone date wrong!!! It was APRIL 9th not the 10th!!!  I thought it was the 10th. 
However, I did have a victory today of sorts. I managed to get my laptop and Cartes du Ciel running the scope. 
Even better, I managed to do a "Remote Desktop" from my computer inside to the computer outside to control the mount. This might come in handy on chilly nights of imaging.
So, I just wanted to share my "Adventures in mount land". I felt like a fool after I tore everything down and realized that I had enetered the wrong date.
I am also curious to know if anyone else uses the "Remote Desktop" feature to link up with their laptop? 
Clear nights,
Brad 
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EricJD
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Reged: 07/24/07
Loc: Chesapeake VA
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Re: Adventures in mount land
[Re: jcrew]
#3037037 - 04/10/09 09:09 PM
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Grats! Here's to further success!
And yes, I actually use my Mac to remote desktop to my windows laptop.
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waassaabee
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Reged: 11/26/07
Loc: Central California Coast
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Re: Adventures in mount land
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#3037121 - 04/10/09 09:51 PM
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Very cool!! I'm sure there are a lot of folks that have done the same thing with the date or the time... location... I know I've done them all!!
I just finished configuring VNC to remote to my laptop, and hopefully will have tested it before next time I set up. I noticed that Starry Nights will probably have to be replaced with something a bit less overhead hungry, so maybe I'll give Cartes duCiel a shot...
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