Tom, thanks for the humorous note. :) Actually I was hoping Steve's suggestion of using + instead of - was correct as I didn't remember reading the manual. But checking the manual showed the -7 hours was correct. BTW, Orion asked me to send them an e-mail documenting the problems. Don't know how long it will take for a response. Clear skies, aj ---- Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ---- AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'll give Orion a call this afternoon, as I should be over my stomach virus > > then... > > AJ, > > Sorry to hear the telescope troubles have given you stomach problems. My > favorite example of the "+ and -" longitude problem is on the popular > heavens-above site, where users are asked to enter their latitude and > longitude. On a map that shows the geographical distribution of visitors is > a nice mirror image of the United States in south-central Asia. > > http://heavens-above.com/geodistrib.asp?lat=33.415&lng=-111.909&alt=364&loc=Tempe&TZ=Arizona > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.