[Aavso-photometry] Clock Control

[Michael Koppelman]

What operating system? With XP, Vista and Mac OS X out-of-the-box you  
can tell the clock to synch to a time server. If you make sure to  
force a synch right before you observe, that should be adequate. NTP  
is the way to go to keep your clock in synch all the time, provided  
you are always on the Internet, but synching right before observing is  
good enough.

Control Panel -> Date and Time -> Internet Time

M.


On Dec 30, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Richard Harvan wrote:

>       does anyone know of a time service or program that will easily  
> maintain an accurate time on personal computers?  I have looked at  
> the NTP service at the Naval Observatory website and concluded it is  
> beyond my limited computer knowledge.  Presently I am manually  
> adjusting my computer clock to the NO website service, avoiding the  
> clocks that carry warnings of delays due to internet routings.  My  
> computer time appears to be within +/- 1 second of the NO time.   
> There must be something with better accuracy and easier to iinstall  
> and use.