Thkx Bill. Does LST compute the 'actual' Siderial time based upon the
location's coordinates? I'll give it a try...joe :)


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:53 AM
Subject: [guide-user] Re: local (and Greenwich) sidereal time


>
> Hi Joe,
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> Local (and Greenwich) sidereal times, and local mean time, are
> available in the Time Zone menu, near the bottom of the list.
>
> You _could_ just go into the time dialog, click on the time zone,
> and reset it to LST. But I'd not recommend doing this, because that
> setting affects almost every date/time shown by Guide. It's better
> to have the "secondary time" in the legend set to show LST.
>
> To accomplish this, go into the legend dialog and click on the
> "second time" check-box. (If it's already on, shut it off and then
> turn it on.)
>
> When the "second time" option is turned on, you get a choice of
> what time zone is used for the second time, and you can select LST
> or GST. (This is also a convenient way to have, for example, the
> time shown in both UT and your local time zone; or to have a second
> time that shows the current MJD or Julian Day.
>
> -- Bill
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