a little off topic but can you help me find the stars?

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a little off topic but can you help me find the stars?

#1 Postby msbee » Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:01 pm

hi
I don't know if anyone here can help me
friends of mine were sailing in the caribbean.. ( we are located at 18.1 North
and 63.1 West)
they are sail a lot in the Notrtheast USA and they sometime navigate by the stars . they are familiar with the location of the stars and constelaltions in the northeast sky. Everything in the caribbean is at a differnt location since we are closer to the equator, I guess
I once had a web site where you could put in your latitude and longitude and you would get a chart of what the night time sky in your area looks like.
is anyone familiar with this and has the URL?
I know this is a little off topic but I know you all are very smart concerning the tropics so I thought maybe I could post it here

thanks
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#2 Postby wxman57 » Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:57 pm

Try Sky & Telescopes' Sky Chart. You can change your location to any latitude/longitude and zoom in all over the sky:

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/#
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#3 Postby msbee » Sat Nov 08, 2003 8:32 am

wxman
thanks very much
that was so helpful and just what I was looking for
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