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Re: historical star coordinates
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2012 Oct 23, 11:54 +0000
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2012 Oct 23, 11:54 +0000
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 Rudzinskiwrote: > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=120925