R. Wyse reports that the default sign for declination is "minus" in Remark 2.36 (Power PC version). That is, without an explicit "+" the telescope slews south of the equator. I believe that the experiment of pointing the telescope to some +dec followed by erasing the + sign took the telescope to the corresponding negative declination. [JHU Users: Remark 2.35 is still on the observing room Mac.] Alan APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 144 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO