Optional

Telescope.DestinationSideOfPier() Method

Predict side of pier for German equatorial mounts

Syntax

Telescope.DestinationSideOfPier(RightAscension, Declination)

The method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
RightAscension (Double)	The destination right ascension (hours).
Declination (Double)	The destination declination (degrees, positive North).
Return (PierSide)	The side of the pier on which the telescope would be on if a slew to the given equatorial coordinates is performed at the current instant of time.

Remarks

This is only relevant if AlignmentMode property is algGermanPolar. Non German mounts must raise an error.

This is useful for pre-correction of destination coordinates for a slew when mechanical error correction is in effect. It may also be used in a predictive scheduling application.

Symbolic Constants

The (symbolic) values for PierSide are:

Constant	Value	Description
pierEast	0	Mount on East side of pier (looking West)
pierWest	1	Mount on West side of pier (looking East)