Ra and Dec are better for pointing to celestial objects because they don't change as the Earth rotates.
Look for ASCOM for a way to communicate with Ceil. Chris ulrichkorth wrote: > Hi sky friends, > we are beginners and want to use ciel. The communication to teleskope > works well. But why does ciel only send RA and DEC and NOT also ALT > and Azimut?? > As we are building the teleskope control and SW ourselves it would be > easier to have ALT and Azimut from ciel. > > For some help and advice we would be very thankful. > > Kind regards > Ulrich and Michael Korth > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1780 - Release Date: 10/11/2008 > 20:58 >
