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Any astronomers around?
05-29-2014, 05:17 PM
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Any astronomers around?
I know there are some heavy-duty mathematicians on the forums. Maybe you can explain this also.

I do not understand how to calculate the time of x degrees after some celestial event. For example, let's say sundown occurs at 19:30. How do I figure 5 degrees later? I read that every degree is equal to 4 minutes regardless of latitude. So later should be a simple matter of sundown + (5 * 4) minutes (20 minutes after sundown). But my results don't match up.

Can anybody fill in the blanks? Thanks.

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Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 05-29-2014 05:17 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - Dale Reed - 05-30-2014, 04:03 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - everettr - 05-30-2014, 06:08 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 05-31-2014, 06:41 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 06-01-2014, 11:37 AM
RE: Any astronomers around? - NetMage - 06-02-2014, 07:11 AM
RE: Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 06-02-2014, 09:44 AM
RE: Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 06-04-2014, 06:40 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - htom trites - 06-04-2014, 09:01 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - HP67 - 06-05-2014, 01:09 PM
RE: Any astronomers around? - CosmicTruth - 06-07-2014, 01:33 PM



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