Good deduction John! Yes, I'm in Melbourne, Australia and I'm using CdC in alt-az mode.
Ken, you're in Vic, can you replicate the problem? Sorry I can't assist with your time issue John, I haven't come across it before. --geoff --- In [email protected], John Mahony <jmmah...@...> wrote: > > I don't think so- I've never had that problem (and I just checked). > > Geoff, are you using CdC in alt-az or polar/eq mode? I think at very small > FOV CdC reverts to eq mode automatically even if you're in alt-az mode. That > could be a problem in the S hemisphere, and given the spelling of your first > name... are you down under? Yep, I just checked the membership list and > confirmed that. > > Now if I could just figure out the time bug I've run into recently on my home > computer. It keeps reverting to the current time even if i tell it to change > time. But I've mentioned that before, and no one else has that problem, and > I don't think it happens on the computers at our local public observatory, so > it must be an issue with my own computer. > > -John > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Ken Harrison <kenm.harri...@...> > > > > Geoff, > I think when the field is large > few minutes of arc the view is > > the "right > way up" ; when you zoom in it assumes you're using a telescope and > > naturally > inverts the image????? > > Ken > > > On 21/05/2010, Geoff > > < > > href="mailto:dudley.ge...@...";>dudley.ge...@...> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've discovered a possible bug in CdC ver > > 2.76c. > > > > I was out tonight looking at Saturn with my 8" Dob and > > wanted to know what > > moons I was seeing. I started CdC, zoomed in on > > Saturn and when I went from > > a 1 deg field to a 10' one, the moons > > flipped 180 deg. ie: Titan was on the > > LHS of the planet when using the 1 > > deg zoom, then on the RHS when on 10' > > zoom. > > > > Anyone know > > why? > > > > --geoff > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Very funny Scotty... now beam down our > > clothes!" > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astronomical_spectroscopy/?yguid=322612425 > > > [Non-text > > portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! > > Groups Links > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join > (Yahoo! > > ID required) > > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > > > > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >
