Pointing the Telescope

Before using the telescope remember to turn on the tracking by typing:

tx track on

Note: The tracking only turns on for an hour, so this command will have to be repeated occasionally.

To point the telescope type:

tx point ra=hh:mm:sss dec=dd:mm:ss equinox=yyyy

Where the Right Ascension and Declination are in sexagesimal format, with no embedded blanks.

For example to point to Arcturus (in current coordinates so I have omitted the equinox) type:

 tx point ra=14:15:57.78 dec=19:08:53

If you are lazy, you can do some tricks using the script dopoint and the star finder program bright to make the same command.

bright ra=14 dec=19 faint=1 | dopoint