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Stellarmate w/GPS connected to mount w/GPS

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My Pi4 Stellarmate is currently connected to my iOptron CEM25p. My Pi4 has a UART-based Neo6M connected. My CEM25p also has GPS. Currently, kstars is set to "GPS updates kstars". I presume the GPS will be the Neo6m and not the iOptron?

I noticed my time top right of the VNC screen is off by an hour (+1) even though I set the time zone to Phoenix. Is there a DST setting I missed?

Bottom of Kstars screen says GPS location, but to the right the numbers are wrong. Currently says +129(degrees) 25' 26", -11(degrees) 05' 46" 17h 51m 15s -39(degrees) 04' 41" (j2019.8) and the numbers change.

Checking INDI control panel, it shows lat (dd:mm:ss) as 33:26:57 which seems correct. Lon, however, is 248:18:29. Why?

Thanks.
4 years 5 months ago #44254

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" Lon, however, is 248:18:29. Why?"

It counts longitude from Greenwhich in the Eastern direction from 0 to 360˚. W 111:41:31 (i.e. 360˚ - 248:18:29˚) for Phoenix sounds about right .
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Thank you. I just hadn't seen that format before.

Any idea why the GPS status info at the bottom of the kstars screen is so different and changes?
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D'OH!

That's not the GPS location information - that's the cursor location.

Argh...

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