' TELESCOPE SLEW LIMITS
minAlt = 15.                          ' Targets below altitude minAlt (deg) will be skipped.
minHA = 0.                            ' Targets at |HA| < minHA (time minutes) will be skipped.
                                      ' This is zero for fork-mounted telescopes, and should be
                                      ' positive for German equatorial mounts like the Paramount
maxHA = 510.                          ' Targets at |HA| > maxHA (time minutes) will be skipped.
maxDec = +90.                         ' Targets north of declination maxDec (deg) will be skipped.
minDec = -28.                         ' Targets south of declination minDec (deg) will be skipped.

• minAlt. This parameter specifies the minimum altitude (in degrees) at which a target can be observed. If an object is at an altitude less than minAlt when the telescope is about to slew toward it, the slew is cancelled, and its observation is skipped. The minimum altitude limits specified in user profiles and in observation requests should not be less than minAlt.

• minHA. This parameter specifies the minimum absolute value of the hour angle (expressed in minutes of time) at which a target can be observed. If an object is at an hour angle H such that |H| is less than minHA minutes when the telescope is about to slew toward it, the slew is cancelled, and its observation is skipped. The minimum |hour angle| limit specified in the scheduler configuration file should not be less than minHA.

• maxHA. This parameter specifies the maximum absolute value of the hour angle (expressed in minutes of time) at which a target can be observed. If an object is at an hour angle H such that |H| is greater than maxHA minutes when the telescope is about to slew toward it, the slew is cancelled, and its observation is skipped. The maximum |hour angle| limit specified in user profiles, in the scheduler configuration file, and in observation requests should not be greater than maxHA.

• maxDec. This parameter specifies the northernmost declination (in degrees) at which a target can be observed. If an object is at a declination north of maxDec when the telescope is about to slew toward it, the slew is cancelled, and its observation is skipped.

• minDec. This parameter specifies the southernmost declination (in degrees) at which a target can be observed. If an object is at a declination south of minDec when the telescope is about to slew toward it, the slew is cancelled, and its observation is skipped.

Pointing corrections

' POINTING CORRECTIONS
RACorrEast = +0.00000                 ' Correction in RA (hours) to be used east of the meridian  
DecCorrEast = -0.0000                 ' Correction in Dec (deg) to be used east of the meridian
RACorrWest = +0.00000                 ' Correction in RA (hours) to be used west of the meridian
DecCorrWest = +0.0000                 ' Correction in Dec (deg) to be used west of the meridian

This section specifies constant offsets in right ascension and declination which may be applied to the target coordinates in an attempt to reduce telescope pointing errors. These are also useful when one changes CCD cameras and the centers of the new and old detectors have different offsets with respect to the optical axis. Different offsets may be defined for use on different sides of the meridian (this may be useful for German equatorial mounts).

• RACorrEast. This is the correction in right ascension (expressed in hours) to be applied for targets located east of the meridian.

• DecCorrEast. This is the correction in declination (expressed in degrees) to be applied for targets located east of the meridian.

• RACorrWest. This is the correction in right ascension (expressed in hours) to be applied for targets located west of the meridian.

• DecCorrWest. This is the correction in declination (expressed in degrees) to be applied for targets located west of the meridian.