Measure of elevation of Antares at 30minute intervals

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To measure the elevation of Antares at 30-minute intervals from 7 PM to 10:30 PM, one can use a sextant to directly measure its elevation. Alternatively, finding the declination of Antares along with your latitude and longitude allows for conversion to altitude. Online resources provide various methods for this conversion, and it's essential to perform the calculations for each specified time. It's likely that the assignment requires showing the math involved in these conversions. Additionally, the specific date of observation is necessary for accurate results.
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please help!

I need to know the measure of elevation of Antares at 30minute intervals from 7pm to 10.30pm.

It's for an assignment and I don't have any idea how to do it. =(

Any help at all would be very very very much appreciated.
 
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buy a sextant, sit outside, find antares, measure its elevation every half hour, starting at 7pm...
 
You could also look up the declination of antares, and your own lattitude and longitude. Then convert declination to altitude. You can look up the conversion online, there are various methods. You'll need to do the conversion for each time listed.
 
My guess would be that your teacher will want to see the math, so you'll have to do this yourself (with a method probably like what Gale suggested).

You'll need the date too...
 

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