Help with Celestron NexStar 8i ?

My friend's NexStar doesn't appear to be working right. We actually read
the manual and went thru the alignment procedure, starting
horzontal/North/leveled, entered proper dates,time (in Central daylight
time which it appears to understand), lat/long and then told it to find
Mars. It misses it by at least 10 degrees. Any suggestions on the likely
problem here? I suspect it isn't the scope design -- it's probably
cockpit error but where? Any help appreciated.

Please reply here, that email return is no good.

You'll get more help down on the newsgroup S.A.A.


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"Joe" wrote in message
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My friend's NexStar doesn't appear to be working right. We actually read
the manual and went thru the alignment procedure, starting
horzontal/North/leveled, entered proper dates,time (in Central daylight
time which it appears to understand), lat/long and then told it to find
Mars. It misses it by at least 10 degrees. Any suggestions on the likely
problem here? I suspect it isn't the scope design -- it's probably cockpit
error but where? Any help appreciated.

Please reply here, that email return is no good.

Starlord wrote:

You'll get more help down on the newsgroup S.A.A.


Sir, thank you for responding. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to
find what newsgroup may be S.A.A. I never found one with those initials
(guessed it would be sci.astronomy...... but nothing came up). Could you
please give me more on that? Thanks.

"Joe" wrote in message
...
Starlord wrote:

You'll get more help down on the newsgroup S.A.A.


Sir, thank you for responding. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to
find what newsgroup may be S.A.A. I never found one with those initials
(guessed it would be sci.astronomy...... but nothing came up). Could you
please give me more on that? Thanks.
sci.astro.amateur

Best Wishes

Sorry, I'm so used to calling it SAA I forget not all have heard of it.

As Roger posted : sci.astro.amateur is it.


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The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net
In Garden Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden
Blast Off Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/starlords




"Roger Hamlett" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Starlord wrote:

You'll get more help down on the newsgroup S.A.A.


Sir, thank you for responding. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to
find what newsgroup may be S.A.A. I never found one with those initials
(guessed it would be sci.astronomy...... but nothing came up). Could you
please give me more on that? Thanks.
sci.astro.amateur

Best Wishes

Starlord wrote:
You'll get more help down on the newsgroup S.A.A.


Don't the kookers know about S.A.A.?

If I'm a kooker, I guess they don't know about it. Thanks to the more
secure person that helped me with the ID.