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Old 29-11-2009, 06:39 AM
Dennis
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
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I have often seen the formula “90 degrees minus your Latitude” to determine what celestial objects are visible from your location.

So, for my location of Brisbane at 27.5 S, I would expect to be able to view objects up to 62.5 degrees N declination? Such objects would be right on the horizon.

As I write, I’ve just launched The Sky and selected a star (Dubhe) on the N horizon and it has a Dec of +61 degrees.

Cheers

Dennis
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