Stellarium

Objects in the wrong positions

Asked by erik monteith

Hi, I live in Australia and have downloaded stellarium. I have set my location, but the position of the sun is in the wrong location, so I assume everything else will be out? Instead of the sun setting in the west it sets north east? Is there a setting which is wrong? If I change the time forward 6 or 7 hours it moves to the right spot, but then the system time is wrong?

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Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#1

What is your system clock timezone?

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erik monteith (erik-monteith) said : 		#2

My time zone is GMT-0800 on the PC

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Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#3

What is the OS, can you also attach the log.txt file please.

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erik monteith (erik-monteith) said : 		#4

think I might have fixed it. Changed my time zone, and things seem to have become more accurate.

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Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#5

What did you change (so I can better advise others with the same problem)?

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erik monteith (erik-monteith) said : 		#6

my PC was set to the wrong time zone. the clock was right, but the time zone was GMT - 08:00 for the USA and Canada, when it should have been set at GMT + 10:00 for Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney

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Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#7

That's what I guessed, but it's very helpful to get a confirmation. Thanks. :)

On 26 July 2010 04:38, erik monteith
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> my PC was set to the wrong time zone. the clock was right, but the time
> zone was GMT - 08:00 for the USA and Canada, when it should have been
> set at GMT + 10:00 for Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney
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