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Originally Posted by troypiggo
Thanks astro744. This is the sort of info I want. Questions. I get that Orion is RA 5h 35m, M45 is 3h 47m etc. Right now Astroplanner is telling me my LST is 19:43 (it's 3.14pm Qld time).
I don't get how you calculated that Orion will be overhead in about 10hrs. I need to understand that math.
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I just said 19 + 5 = 24hrs = 00 hrs, add 5 (approx) for Orion = 10hrs. Orion transits about 10 hours from 4pm (AEDT) which makes it about 2am AEDT. Sounds about right for this time of year but I haven't been out at 2am lately.
Older Planispheres used to have RA on them but most current version do not which is a pity.