NavList:

Hi,

Try Sky View Café at

  http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php

which, for 1 January 1000 AD, gives the declination of Polaris as 83d 47m 43s.

If you wish, you can go back as far as -6000 when the declination of Polaris was 50d.

Rob van Gent

-----Original Message-----
From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of John H
Sent: dinsdag 23 oktober 2012 12:45
To: Gent, R.H. van (Rob)
Subject: [NavList] Re: historical star coordinates

Greg -

Alas, it looks like it doesn't change back that far.   It still has Polaris
at around 89 degrees declination.   In 1000 AD I'm pretty sure it's
something like 6 degrees off that.

John

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Greg Rudzinski <gregrudzinski---com>wrote:

> John,
>
> I went to CalSky and punched in 1000 AD for Deep - Sky then placed the
> cursor on the desired star to get RA and DEC. This might work for you.
>
> http://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi?
>
> Greg Rudzinski
>
> [NavList] historical star coordinates
> From: John H
> Date: 22 Oct 2012 19:21
>
> Does anyone know of a location that gives you star coordinates back
> some distance in time? In particular I'm interested in 1000 AD, but
> also 1600 BC to present.
>
> I suppose I could chug through a formula of the precession of the
> equinoxes, but I was hoping that there is a handy website where you
> punch in your date, and get decl. and RA for major stars.
>
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