Celestron C5-S, C8-S, C9-S instruction manual Appendix C Longitudes Latitudes

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APPENDIX C

LONGITUDES AND

LATITUDES

	LONGITUDE		LATITUDE
	degrees	min	degrees	min
ALABAMA
Anniston	85	51	33	34.8
Auburn	85	26.4	32	40.2
Birmingham	86	45	33	34.2
Centreville	87	15	32	54
Dothan	85	27	31	19.2
Fort Rucker	85	43.2	31	16.8
Gadsden	86	5.4	33	58.2
Huntsville	86	46.2	34	39
Maxwell AFB	86	22.2	32	22.8
Mobile	88	15	30	40.8
Mobile Aeros	88	4.2	30	37.8
Montgomery	86	2.4	32	18
Muscle Shoal	87	37.2	34	45
Selma	86	59.4	32	20.4
Troy	86	1.2	31	52.2
Tuscaloosa	87	37.2	33	13.8
ALASKA
Anchorage	149	51	61	13.2
Barrow	156	46.8	71	18
Fairbanks	147	52.2	64	49.2
Haines Hrbor	135	25.8	59	13.8
Homer	151	3	59	37.8
Juneau	134	34.8	58	22.2
Ketchikan	131	4.2	55	21
Kodiak	152	3	57	45
Nome	165	25.8	64	30
Sitka	135	21	57	4.2
Sitkinak	154	1.2	56	52.8
Skagway	135	31.8	59	45
Valdez	146	21	61	7.8
ARIZONA
Davis-M AFB	110	52.8	32	10.2
Deer Valley	112	4.8	33	40.8
Douglas	109	3.6	31	27
Falcon Fld	111	43.8	33	28.2
Flagstaff	111	40.2	35	7.8
Fort Huachuc	110	21	31	36
Gila Bend	113	10.2	33	33
Goodyear	112	22.8	33	25.2
GrandCanyon	112	9	35	57
Kingman	113	57	35	16.2
Luke	112	22.8	33	31.8
Page	111	27	36	55.8
Payson	111	19.8	34	13.8
Phoenix	112	1.2	33	25.8
Prescott	112	25.8	34	39
Safford Awrs	109	40.8	32	49.2
Scottsdale	111	55.2	33	37.2
Show Low	110	0	34	16.2
Tucson	110	55.8	32	7.2
Williams AFB	111	40.2	33	18
Winslow	110	43.8	35	1.2
Yuma	115	0	33	6
Yuma Mcas	114	37.2	32	39
Yuma Prv Gd	114	2.4	32	51
ARKANSAS
Blytheville	89	57	35	58.2
Camden	92	2.4	33	31.2
El Dorado	92	4.8	33	13.2
Fayetteville	94	10.2	36	0
Ft Smith	94	22.2	35	19.8
Harrison	93	9	36	16.2
Hot Springs	93	0.6	34	28.8
Jonesboro	90	39	35	49.8
Little Rock	92	22.8	35	13.2
Pine Bluff	91	55.8	34	10.2
Springdale	94	7.8	36	10.8
Texarkana	94	0	33	27
Walnut Ridge	90	55.8	36	7.8
CALIFORNIA
Alameda	122	19.2	37	46.8
Alturas	120	31.8	41	28.8
Arcata	124	0.6	40	58.8
Bakersfield	119	3	35	25.8
Beale AFB	121	27	39	7.8
Beaumont	116	57	33	55.8
Bicycle Lk	116	37.2	35	16.8
Big Bear	116	40.8	34	16.2
Bishop	118	3.6	37	36
Blue Canyon	120	4.2	39	16.8

	LONGITUDE		LATITUDE
	degrees	min	degrees	min
Blythe	114	43.2	33	37.2
Burbank	118	22.2	34	12
Campo	116	28.2	32	37.2
Carlsbad	117	16.8	33	7.8
Castle AFB	120	34.2	37	22.8
Chico	121	51	39	46.8
China Lake	117	40.8	35	40.8
Chino	117	37.8	33	58.2
Concord	122	3	37	58.8
Crescent Cty	124	13.8	41	46.8
Daggett	116	46.8	34	52.2
Edwards AFB	117	52.8	34	54
El Centro	115	40.8	32	49.2
El Monte	118	1.8	34	4.8
El Toro	117	43.8	33	40.2
Eureka	124	16.8	41	19.8
Fort Hunter	121	19.2	36	0
Fort Ord	121	46.2	36	40.8
Fresno	119	43.2	36	46.2
Fullerton	117	58.2	33	52.2
George AFB	117	22.8	34	34.8
Hawthorne	118	19.8	33	55.2
Hayward	122	7.2	37	39
Imperial	115	34.2	32	49.8
Imperial Bch	117	7.2	32	34.2
La Verne	117	46.8	34	6
Lake Tahoe	120	0	38	54
Lancaster	118	13.2	34	43.8
Livermore	121	49.2	37	42
Long Beach	118	9	33	49.2
Los Alamitos	118	3	33	46.8
Los Angeles	118	2.4	33	55.8
Mammoth	118	55.2	37	37.8
March AFB	117	16.2	33	52.8
Marysville	121	34.2	39	6
Mather AFB	121	1.8	38	34.2
Mcclellan	121	2.4	38	40.2
Merced	120	31.2	37	16.8
Miramar NAS	117	9	32	52.2
Modesto	120	57	37	37.8
Moffet	122	3	37	25.2
Mojave	118	9	35	3
Montague	122	31.8	41	43.8
Monterey	121	51	36	34.8
Mount Shasta	122	19.2	41	19.2
Mount Wilson	118	4.2	34	13.8
Napa	122	16.8	38	13.2
Needles	114	37.2	34	46.2
North Is	117	1.2	32	42
Norton AFB	117	13.8	34	6
Oakland	122	13.2	37	43.8
Ontario Intl	117	37.2	34	3
Oxnard	119	1.2	34	12
Palm Springs	116	3	33	49.8
Palmdale	118	7.8	35	3
Palo Alto	122	7.2	37	28.2
Paso Robles	120	37.8	35	40.2
Pillaro Pt	122	49.8	37	49.8
Point Mugu	119	7.2	34	7.2
Pt Arena	124	13.2	39	34.8
Pt Arguello	121	7.2	34	57
Pt Piedras	121	16.8	35	40.2
Red Bluff	122	15	40	9
Redding	122	1.8	40	30
Riverside	117	27	33	57
Sacramento	121	3	38	31.2
Salinas	121	3.6	36	40.2
San Carlos	122	15	37	31.2
San	117	37.2	33	25.2
Clemente
San Diego	117	7.8	32	49.2
San	122	22.8	37	37.2
Francisco
San Jose	121	55.2	37	22.2
San Luis Obi	120	39	35	13.8
San Mateo	117	34.8	33	22.8
San Miguel	120	2.4	34	1.8
Sandburg	118	43.8	34	45
Santa Ana	117	52.8	33	40.2
Santa Barb	119	49.8	34	25.8
Santa Maria	120	27	34	54
Santa Monica	118	27	34	1.2
Santa Rosa	122	49.2	38	31.2

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	LONGITUDE		LATITUDE
	degrees	min	degrees	min
Shelter Cove	124	4.2	40	1.8
Siskiyou	122	28.2	41	46.8
Stockton	121	15	37	54
Superior Val	117	0.6	35	19.8
Susanville	120	57	40	37.8
Thermal	116	10.2	33	37.8
Torrance	118	19.8	33	48
Travis AFB	121	55.8	38	16.2
Tahoe	120	7.8	39	19.2
Tustin Mcas	117	49.8	33	42
Ukiah	123	1.2	39	7.8
Van Nuys	118	28.8	34	13.2
Vandenberg	120	57	35	12
Visalia	119	2.4	36	19.2
COLORADO
Air Force A	105	21	39	31.2
Akron	103	13.2	40	10.2
Alamosa	105	52.2	37	27
Aspen	106	52.2	39	13.2
Brmfield/Jef	105	7.2	39	54
Buckley	104	45	39	43.2
Colo Sprgs	104	43.2	38	49.2
Cortez	108	37.8	37	18
Craig-Moffat	107	31.8	40	30
Denver	104	52.2	39	45
Durango	107	45	37	9
Eagle	106	55.2	39	39
Englewood	104	49.8	39	34.2
Fort Carson	104	46.2	38	40.8
Fraser	105	3	39	34.2
Ft Col/Lovel	105	1.2	40	27
Ft Collins	105	4.8	40	34.8
Grand Jct	108	31.8	39	7.2
Greeley-Wld	104	37.8	40	25.8
Gunnison	106	55.8	38	33
La Junta	103	31.2	38	3
Lamar	102	3.6	38	7.2
Leadville	106	1.8	39	15
Limon	103	4.2	39	10.8
Montrose	107	52.8	38	30
Pueblo	104	31.2	38	16.8
Rifle	107	4.8	39	31.8
Salida	106	3	38	31.8
Trinidad	104	19.8	37	15
Winter Park	105	52.2	40	0
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	73	7.8	41	10.2
Danbury	73	28.8	41	22.2
Groton	72	3	41	19.8
Hartford	72	39	41	43.8
New Haven	72	40.2	41	13.2
New London	72	4.8	41	18
Windsor Loc	72	40.8	41	55.8
DELAWARE
Dover	75	28.2	39	7.8
Wilmington	75	3.6	39	40.2
D.C. WASH
Washington	77	27.6	38	57
FLORIDA
Apalachicola	85	1.8	29	43.8
Astor NAS	81	34.2	29	7.2
Avon Park G	81	33	28	4.8
Cape	80	33	28	28.2
Canaveral
Cecil	81	52.8	30	13.2
Crestview	86	31.2	30	46.8
Cross City	83	0.6	29	37.2
Daytona Bch	81	3	29	10.8
Duke Fld	86	31.2	30	39
Eglin AFB	86	31.8	30	28.8
Egmont Key	82	46.2	27	36
Fort Myers	81	52.2	26	34.8
Ft Lauderdale	80	9	26	4.2
Ft Myers	81	52.2	26	39
Gainesville	82	16.2	29	40.8
Homestead	80	22.8	25	28.8
Hurlburt Fld	86	40.8	30	25.8
Jacksonville	81	40.8	30	13.8
Key West	81	45	24	33
Lakeland	81	57	28	1.8
Macdill AFB	82	31.2	27	51
Marianna	85	10.8	30	50.4
Mayport NAS	81	25.2	30	24

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Contents Advanced Series Advanced Series GT Introduction Assembly Telescope Maintenance Page Advanced Series Advanced Series GT Setting up the Tripod C9.25-SAttaching the Center Leg Brace Installing the Counterweight BarAttaching the Equatorial Mount Installing the Counterweight Attaching the Hand Control Holder Advanced GT Models OnlyAttaching the Optical Tube to the Mount Attaching the Visual BackInstalling the Finderscope Installing the Star DiagonalInstalling the Eyepiece Removing the Lens Cap Rear CellMoving the Telescope Manually Balancing The Mount in R.ABalancing The Mount in DEC Adjusting the MountAdjusting the Mount in Altitude Attaching the Declination Cable For GT Models Only Powering the TelescopeAdjusting the Mount in Azimuth Advanced GT Hand Control Hand Control Operation Double StarsAlignment Procedures Startup ProcedureAuto Align Auto Three-Star AlignRe-Alignment Quick-AlignLast Alignment Object Catalog Selecting an ObjectSlewing to an Object Finding PlanetsTour Mode Constellation TourDirection Buttons Rate ButtonSetup Procedures Identify Precise GoTo Observing Tip Helpful Hint Utility Features Helpful Hint Advanced GT Image Orientation Calculating Magnification FocusingAligning the Finderscope Determining Field of View General Observing HintsCelestial Coordinate System Motion of the Stars Latitude Scales Finding the North Celestial Pole DefinitionDeclination Drift Method of Polar Alignment Observing the Moon Lunar Observing HintsObserving the Planets Observing the SunSolar Observing Hints Observing Deep Sky ObjectsSeeing Conditions TransparencyPage Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography Eyepiece Projection FullLong Exposure Prime Focus Photography Planet ISO Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter SaturnPage Terrestrial Photography MeteringReducing Vibration CCD ImagingAuto Guiding Care and Cleaning of the Optics CollimationCollimated telescope Should appear Symmetrical with Page Page Page Appendix a Technical Specifications Appendix B Glossary of Terms Page Eclipsing or obscuring the brightness of the star Appendix C Longitudes Latitudes Georgia Minnesota Rhode Island Canada Appendix D RS-232 Connection Additional RS232 Commands Appendix E Maps of Time Zones Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Celestron TWO Year Warranty

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