Astronomical Time
By Larry McNish
http://members.shaw.ca/rlmcnish/
Longitude: Deg:
Min:
Sec:
West
East
Night Vision Mode
Local PC Time
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Local Sidereal Time (LST)
(LST based on Longitude setting)
Greenwich Sidereal Time (GST)
(UTC and GST are based on PC settings)
Julian Date
The accuracy of the displays depends on the correct PC time setting, the correct PC Time Zone setting, and the correct Longitude setting.
To set your PC clock accurately you can use an
Internet Time Service
.
Copyright © 2004-2012, Larry McNish All rights reserved.
Some of the JavaScript used to calculate these values was written by and is Copyright © Peter Hayes 2001-2005.
His website can be found at
http://www.aphayes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Page last updated: Feb 10, 2012