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Old 11-03-2012, 05:11 PM
Poita (Peter)
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Originally Posted by LostBoyNZ View Post
This is something I made up recently too, which will be a handy chart for inside the observatory or on the computer there. Using NASA's webpage http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/mrst.php I put together all the data for 2012 & 2013 into Excel.

This tells me when each planet rises, peaks and sets, and is lit up blue if that happens when it's dark. This goes off the beginning of dawn / end of twilight. The maximum altitude of each planet is also shown, and gets lit up greener the higher it'll be in the sky (starting at 30 degrees). The Azimuth is also shown in there too, just shrunk down a bit.

http://img.acianetmedia.com/i/dBLha.jpg

Pluto is in there too, off to the side of that screen shot. I'd feel bad leaving him out Then the Sun's information is off to the side too. Thanks to Iconka for the cute planet images
I love the chart!
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