ITelescopeV3.SiderealTime Property

ITelescopeV3SiderealTime Property

The local apparent sidereal time from the telescope's internal clock (hours, sidereal)

Namespace: ASCOM.DeviceInterface
Assembly: ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces (in ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.2.0.2774)

Syntax

C++

Copy

double SiderealTime { get; }

ReadOnly Property SiderealTime As Double
	Get

property double SiderealTime {
	double get ();
}

Property Value

Type: Double

Remarks

Must be implemented, must not throw a PropertyNotImplementedException.

It is required for a driver to calculate this from the system clock if the telescope has no accessible source of sidereal time. Local Apparent Sidereal Time is the sidereal time used for pointing telescopes, and thus must be calculated from the Greenwich Mean Sidereal time, longitude, nutation in longitude and true ecliptic obliquity.

Reference

ITelescopeV3 Interface

ASCOM.DeviceInterface Namespace