Yes - this will work. Thx
Jim
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Looking for SW that will provide 'rise location' of
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It sounds like you want the Photographer's Ephemeris:
http://photoephemeris.com
It does exactly what you're asking.
On 3/21/16, 4:06 PM, "Jim" <james.t.waters@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Tom.you can run forward or backward.
Jim
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Looking for SW that will provide 'rise
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---- Jim <james.t.waters@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes - this is what I am looking for. An app with map overlays would
be more useful. Let's say I wanted to take a picture of the moon
rising over 4 Peaks. Where would I need to setup beforehand to take
the picture?
Jim,
In Google Earth, hold down the shift key while you pan downward, and
the view will become more oblique. In the middle of the buttons
across the top is on that shows the sun over mountains (Show sunlight
across the landscape). Click that button, and a time slider appears that
You'll notice that it shows the correct position of the constellations
in the sky at night, and the brightest stars during the day. You can
also zoom in and out on the time slider to expand the range of dates.
The only problem is that Google Earth shows everything in the sky
except the moon! You would need to use a separate app to tell you
where the moon is against the stars, and then go from there.
The way I've gone after this problem in the past is to let SkySafari
give the azimuth of the rising object, and then have Google Earth tell
me where to go to get the object to rise over the desired Earth feature.
Tom
