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Finding the Telescope Pole Offset - with Tpoint
If a Tpoint model has already been constructed with several stars, the polar
offset value is in the Tpoint model file created as in
Section 5.3. The ID
value described in Section 5.5 is the declination axis offset
in arcseconds. To use this value as the telescope pole offset for two-star
pointing, simply divide ID by 3600. For the prototype (3a) telescope this is
around . Each telescope will have a different value because this
number depends on the precise location of the dec axis homing limit switch.
Rotse Pager
2003-05-20