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    How to find the position of a star in the sky

    I never realized it even it is so obvious now that I'm reading it... I'm trying to write a small program to draw the sky for specific location/position, so I'm actually I'm trying to find the formula :) And yes it is a good exercise. I think I got enough information so far in the thread to...
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    How to find the position of a star in the sky

    Hi mgb, Yes I used the wrong term for the result. It is actually the position of the star overhead for a specific location/date time that I want to know. Not sure in what this should be expressed. "Practical astronomy with your calculator", thanks for the reference. Actually I had a book...
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    How to find the position of a star in the sky

    Hello, Sorry if this is not the right place but I'm trying to find this for days now... I'm trying to find a working formula to determine the position (r.asc/decl) of a star at any given time and for a specific location on earth. So the parameter would be: R. Asc. of the star...
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