Setting the Default Location
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When you use the program for the first time, it will probably be set for a location which is not your own. The AstroClock will not show the correct planetary positions for your location until you have correctly set the default location.
>> To set the default location
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Select the “New Chart...“ item from the “Chart“ menu |
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Enter your own place, country, timezone, latitude and longitude |
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Click on the” Save...“ button within the “Default Place“ frame |
>> To enter the place details
Type in all the required fields, or click on the “Place“ button
The “Place” button displays the “ACS PC Atlas” dialog. For an explanation of how to select a city, see Selecting Places From the Atlas. For a description of valid formats for the timezone, latitude and longitude see Entering Dates, Times and Other Data.
Once you have saved the default location details, you do not need to do it again unless you move to live in another location, or if your timezone needs to be adjusted for daylight saving, or other similar changes.
The AstroClock will calculate charts for whatever default location you have entered.
The default location details may also be retrieved and used to calculate a new chart at any time.
>> To retrieve the details of the default location
Click on the” Restore“ button within the “Default Place“ frame
This will fill in the place, country, timezone, latitude and longitude fields with whatever was last stored as the default. This is convenient if you wish to do a transits chart for your current location, for example, as in this case you can enter all the required details by clicking on just two buttons - the “Now“ button and the “Restore“ button.