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Old 29-12-2012, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by meaganreid_ View Post
They're such things as Venus: "20,00,19; 19, 12, 24" and so I am guessing that these numbers are for the telescopes with electronic remotes attached to them?
Megan, those look like equatorial coordinates but not for Venus for around now. They are approximately correct for the start of February 2013 but with a missing "-" sign on the declination. On Feb 1 Venus will be at 20h02'24" -21°03'21"
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