* time difference between NexStar and Stellarium: cannot be because the difference UT time and summer time would be hour (or 15 degrees = 360 /24 hrs). From what I can remember the offset distance was less than 15 degrees * User interface settings (on Stellarium): from introduction youtube movies people left this blank thus I do not expect a problem from here The devise model is set to “Celestron NexStar (compatible) thus I do not expect a problem from here * Device setting (on Stellarium): cannot be a wrong serial port because otherwise the scope would not move. * Coordinate system settings (on Stellarium): not sure about the difference between J2000 and JNow. But, if the difference is just a few degrees then that can explain the offset. Today I cannot test that but I will try first the suggestion of SkipW to change from J2000 to JNow.

I will keep you all informed of the outcome. It gets the information on where the telescope is pointing from the mount. SkySafari and SkyPortal (and CPWI) apps are unique and contain the hand controller functionality. If they (SS and SkyPortal, not CPWI) are used to perform the initial alignment they cannot be used to share control with another mount control app. If you do the initial alignment via the physical hand controller or the software one (NexRemote) then you certainly also can have one of hundreds of other mount control apps initiating the mount gotos. Whatever the weather is at your place in the coming nights, grab a pair of binoculars or a telescope and have a look at the multiple personality world of Ceres known by many names - planet, asteroid, dwarf planet and now, lookalike supernova.Stellarium like a few other apps has the built in Celestron mount control interface, so it will not require additional software or drivers and will just connect through the physical hand controller or NexRemote. To be fair it does drop down to 225 below (-143° C) at night. We've survived that and worse here in Duluth, Minnesota. Daytime surface temperatures there climb as high as -28° F (-33° C).

Then, similar to what happened with Pluto, it was downgraded to asteroid status.ĭespite Ceres' battered appearance and lack of an atmosphere, it's rich in water, clay and carbonate minerals and may potentially harbor primitive life forms such as bacteria. At the time, it was considered and called a planet until astronomers discovered many more like it. The word 'cereal,' made from harvested grains, derives from the same. 1, 1801and named it for Ceres, the goddess of the harvest. Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid (the first known) on Jan.

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