At 10:17 PM 10/10/05, steve wrote: >Hi' >could someone tell me what star or satellite I can see during the day over >Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa. >My pos. on my gps tells me I'm at 34 04.367 S > 018 51.638 E at an elevation of 73m above >sea level. > Because of the earths rotation it appears to move from south east to north >west. It appears as a reasonably bright star during the day,(although quite >difficult to find first off). Its altitude at 1pm (1300) south african time, >was 70 degrees above the horizon with an azimuth of 110 degrees (if that is >the correct way of saying 20 degrees south of east) . Its altitude at 2pm >(1400) south african time was about 85 degrees above the horizon and its >azimuth 80 degrees. I first noticed it about a week ago. Its the planet Venus Steve. It is very helpful in satellite/astronomical observing to quote times in Universal time ( GMT ), so others dont have to know when your local time switches to/from daylight saving. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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