CALCULATION OF DATES OF MORNING (and evening) RISING (and setting)

NETSCAPE 2


Enter the YEAR

Enter geographic LONGITUDE
DEGREES MINUTES

Enter geographic LATITUDE
DEGREES MINUTES

Enter the altitude of the STAR
(Altitude = magnitude)

Select a STAR

if you have clicked on "OTHER", you must enter data
in another formulary (under the output windows)


Results will appear underneath



The historians use the julian calendar. However, the gregorian calendar is the only one
allowing to locate easily a phenomenon with regard to the seasons (equinoxes and solstices).
Example: spring equinox in 1950 BC
March 21st in the gregorian calendar ; April 7th in the julian calendar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if you have clicked on "OTHER" in the stars list,
you must enter the following data:

Right ascension (in 2000 AD)
Hours Minutes Seconds

Declination (in 2000 AD) Always positive (select North-South)
Degrees Minutes Seconds

Visual magnitude

Proper motion in right ascension (seconds of time / year)
East : +
West : -

Proper motion in declination (seconds of arc / year)
North : +
South : -

Radial velocity (in Km/second)
Receding : +
Nearing : -

Distance in parsecs (1 parsec = 3.26 light years)

You can now click on RUN (hereabove)