Sunday, February 10, 2013

Coordinates of Phoenix from my house, and directions from Orion...

I ask, would one of my extra-terrestrial relatives please explain this chart to me?

 

Here are some coordinates of the highest point in the Phoenix constellation from an observatory in Medon, Tennessee, which is just down the road from my house.

 Star
Gam Phe
Information from catalog: Stars
Extended Hipparcos Compilation
Visual magnitude: 3.41
HD: 9053
BD: CD-43 449
HIP: 6867
HR: 429
Colour index: 1.54
Blue magnitude: 4.95
Spectral class: M0III
Proper motion in right ascension: -18 [mas/y]
Proper motion in declination: -209 [mas/y]
Parallax: 14.0 [mas]
Distance: 233.0 [ly]
Bayer: Gam
Constellation: Phoenix
Component: A
Radial velocity: 26.0 [km/s]
Magnitude I: 1.894

Coordinates: Apparent
Apparent RA: 01h28m55.652s DE:-43?15'18.25"
Mean of the date RA: 01h28m56.001s DE:-43?15'05.01"
Astrometric J2000 RA: 01h28m21.906s DE:-43?19'08.39"
Ecliptic L: +358?19'31" B:-47?35'17"
Galactic L: +280?31'41" B:-72?10'00"

Visibility for your observatory:
Medon 2013-02-10 17h22m35s ( EST )
Universal Time: 2013-02-10T22:22:35 JD=2456334.43235
Local sidereal time:01h51m34s
Hour angle: 00h22m 39s
Azimuth:+184?11' 54"
Altitude:+11?12' 35"
Rise: 13h44m Azimuth+146?32'
Culmination: 17h00m +11?23'
Set: 20h16m Azimuth+213?28'

From: "Sun" to "Gam Phe"
Separation: +56?55'07.2" PA:133?
Offset: 3h50m05.8s -29?11'39"

More informations:
Search by name: Simbad, NED, HyperLeda,
Search by position: Simbad, NED, HyperLeda,
  

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And, for your reference, here is the specifics of from the most visible piece of the Orion constellation, as from where I am.


Open cluster
Cr 70
Information from catalog: SAC
Saguaro Astronomy Club Database
Magnitude: 0.40
Name:
Surface brightness:
Dimension: 150.0 x150.0 '
Position angle: 90
Class: II 3 m n
Description: 4''-vB
? eL
? 120* at 17X
? Belt stars are blue-white
?Orion's belt stars
Constellation: Orion

Coordinates: Apparent
Apparent RA: 05h36m 41.7s DE:-00?59' 45"
Mean of the date RA: 05h36m 40.0s DE:-00?59' 33"
Mean J2000 RA: 05h36m00.0s DE:-01?00'00"
Ecliptic L: +83?36'21" B:-24?18'09"
Galactic L: +204?59'58" B:-17?11'36"

Visibility for your observatory:
Medon 2013-02-10 17h32m18s ( EST )
Universal Time: 2013-02-10T22:32:18 JD=2456334.43910
Local sidereal time:02h01m18s
Hour angle: 20h24m 37s
Azimuth:+113?48' 36"
Altitude:+28?05' 39"
Rise: 15h08m Azimuth+90?49'
Culmination: 21h07m +53?34'
Set: 3h10m Azimuth+269?11'

More informations:
Search by name: Simbad, NED, HyperLeda,
Search by position: Simbad, NED, HyperLeda,





Surely, you remember our Sun.

Blessed travailing, cosmic navigators.

We are having a citizen's hearing on disclosure in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club from April 29-May 3, 2013.

 

Hoping to see you there!

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