Sidereal Time to Navigational Accuracy

(based on the work of Jean Meeus)

by Keith Burnett & Hugh Gibson http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/sidereal.htm

(inputs in gray cells)
with additions by Andrs Valencia, Observatorio ARVAL http://www.oarval.or
UT Time and Date: (from 1900 to 2099)
Year
2000
Month
1
Day
1
Hours
12
Minutes
0
Seconds
0

Calculations:
degs
d
0.00000
t
0.00000
gmst
280.46062
degs
Om
125.04452
L
280.46650
Greenwich Sidereal Time:
h m
s
L1
218.31650
Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time
18 41 51
arcsec
Greenwich Apparent Sidereal Time
18 41 50
dp
-14.03136
de
-5.76137
Local Longitude (degs):
-66.83 Caracas
degs
(West is negative)
eps
23.43929
dT
-0.00358
Local Sidereal Time:
h m
s
gast
280.45704
Local Mean Sidereal Time
14 14 31
degs
Local Apparent Sidereal Time
14 14 30
lmst
213.63062
last
213.62704
gmst good to 0.02 of a second within 50 years either side of the year 2000
gast good to 0.1 of a second within 40 years either side of the year 2000

Julian days to J2000.0 (1/1/00 12:00 UT)

Julian centuries to J2000.0
Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time
rads
2.18244 longitude of the ascending nod
4.89506 mean longitude of the Sun
3.81034 mean longitude of the Moon
rads
-0.00007 change in the ecliptic longitude
-0.00003 shift in angle between the eclip
rads
0.409093 Obliquity of the Ecliptic
difference between Mean and Apparent S
Greenwich Apparent Sidereal Time
Local Mean Sidereal Time
Local Apparent Sidereal Time

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nturies to J2000.0
ch Mean Sidereal Time
longitude of the ascending node of the Moon's mean orbit - the longitude when the Moon passes through the plane of the ecliptic
mean longitude of the Sun
mean longitude of the Moon
change in the ecliptic longitude of a star due to the nutation (good to about 0.5 arcsec)
shift in angle between the ecliptic and equator (good to about 0.1 arcsec)

Obliquity of the Ecliptic

e between Mean and Apparent Sidereal Times
ch Apparent Sidereal Time

an Sidereal Time
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Sidereal Time to Navigational Accuracy

(based on the work of Jean Meeus)

by Keith Burnett & Hugh Gibson http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/sidereal.htm

with additions by Andrs Valencia, Observatorio ARVAL http://www.oarval.org
Sidereal time is the hour angle to the Vernal Equinox (R.A. 0h 0m, Dec. 0 0') in Pisces
Sidereal Time is the right ascension on the celestial meridian
Universal Time (UT) is based on the apparent movement of the Sun around the Eearth
Sidereal Time is based on the apparent movement of the stars around the Eearth
Sidereal Time runs faster than Universal Time (UT)
One Sidereal Day is 23h 56m 4.10s long
Sidereal Time agrees with the solar time only at the autumnal equinox
Mean Sidereal Time is corrected for the averaged Sun position
Apparent Sidereal Time is corrected for precession and nutation
Local Sidereal Time is additionally corrected for the Longitude of the observer

Caracas, Venezuela: Latitude 10 30' N, Longitude 66 50' W [66,83333 W]

of Jean Meeus)

Sidereal Time to Navigational Accuracy

(based on the work of Jean Meeus)

by Keith Burnett & Hugh Gibson http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/sidereal.htm

with additions by Andrs Valencia, Observatorio ARVAL http://www.oarval.org
This version was produced in January-February 2002
Updated in Feb. 8 '02
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References:
Keith Burnett - Astronomical Calculations:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/
Siderial time formulas and spreadsheet to navigation accuracy:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/sidereal.htm
What is sidereal Time?
http://www.btinternet.com/~kburnett/kepler/sidinfo.htm
This woksheet's URL:
http://www.oarval.org/SidTimeen.xls

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Sidereal Time
Observatorio ARVAL - ActiveX Sidereal Timer
http://oarval.org/CCSSidTimeen.htm
Compute Local Apparent Sidereal Time - U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/sidereal.html