Sky Map will be the first of 3 astronomy-oriented searches based on the Your Sky website: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/. I first tried to combine the 3 searches as 1, but the options got ridiculously complicated.
The sky map shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location, time, and date. A stereographic projection is used, as is the convention for printed star maps. To make a sky map, enter the latitude and longitude of your observing site. Specify "South" and "West", if you don't want to enter negative latitude/longitude numbers. Your Sky will deliver a map showing the sky above the location you specified at the current time. Specify the date/time in universal or Julian form to get the view at a specific time. On the destination page you can enter different dates and times, observing locations, display options, and orbital elements of asteroids and comets you wish to track. If you don't know your latitude and longitude, you can specify them by entering a nearby city or location. The next 2 searches will do the view from the horizon and the view toward specific celestial coordinates or objects. My hard drive is back up at home. So, if you all love it, I'll check it into CVS from home. Regards, Gregory Krohne
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