Optional

Telescope.SideOfPier Property

Telescope.SideOfPier (read-write, PierSide)

Indicates which side of the pier a German equatorial mount is currently on

Syntax

Telescope.SideOfPier [= PierSide]

The property syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
Value (PierSide)	Indicates which side of the pier a German equatorial mount is currently on

Remarks

It is allowed (though not required) that this property may be written to force the mount to flip. Doing so, however, may change the right ascension of the telescope. During flipping, Telescope.Slewing must return True.

If the telescope is not a German equatorial mount (Telescope.AlignmentMode is not algGermanPolar), this method will raise an error.

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)