Yes, you are right. One of these days we hope to spiff up the SlyView blog. We do have some ideas.
]]>– Enter your coordinates in the Coordinates or Source:box. The following format should work: 8 39, -12 07
– Select DSS in the Optical/DSS list.
– Click the Submit button and an image of the sky centered on your coordinates will be displayed.
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]]>Wondering if you can help me out.
Had a star brought for me as a wedding present and i have been trying to work out how to view it on the skyview web site but cant seem to get it right? i keep getting errors with the co-ordinates i enter?
The co-ordinates are …. 08h39m – 12 07′
(please note that after the ’12’ value there is a small 0 but i cant find the character on my keyboard to type it?)
Thanks inadvance.
Trevor
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