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Hi Philip,
We are going on holiday here in the uk from May 10th to 17th in Dymchurch on the south coast. The last time we went there I was amazed at what could be seen away from the artificial light that I am used to in London. My question is where can I find an online site where I can print out a simple star chart for each night of our holiday to enable me to identify what I am looking at.
Many thanks for your time and best regards to you
Mark
Hello,
Unfortunately, I am aware of no site where one can simply print out a star chart for a selected region. Your next best bet is perhaps to see if you can download a program called "Skyglobe" - which I believe will have options to do what you want. There is also another program called "CyberSky" which can do it, once you set your location to the nearest (availale) latitude and longitude.
Hope that helps!
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Philip Stahl
Expertise
I have forty years of experience in Astronomy, specifically solar and space physics. My specialties include the physics of solar flares, sunspots, including their effects on Earth and statistics as applied to astronomical investigations.
Experience
Astronomy: more than forty years experience starting with construction of my own simple telescopes. Worked at university observatory in college, doing astrographic measurements. M.Phil. degree in Physics/Solar Physics and more than ten years as researcher.
Organizations
American Astronomical Society (Solar Physics and Dynamical Astronomy divisions), American Mathematical Society, American Geophysical Union
Publications
Solar Physics (journal), The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, The Proceedings of the Meudon Solar Flare Workshop (1986), The Proceedings of the Caribbean Physics Conference (1985). Books: 'Selected Analyses in Solar Flare Plasma Dynamics', 'Physics Notes for Advanced Level'.
Education/Credentials
B.A. Astronomy, M. Phil. Physics
Awards and Honors
American Astronomical Society Studentship Award (1984), Barbados Government Award for Solar Research
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