jaspa Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Have been messing about with stellarium, seems like a good program. One of the settings is for altitude,where do i find the altitude of where i live ? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hi Jaspa,Most use this website to find out their Long and Lat http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.aspHope this helpsCaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Have you tried altering the altitude in Stellarium to see the effect? Seems to make very little, if any, difference to mine whereas lat/long alterations are obvious.Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspa Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Got my long and lat from google earth, but this slightly different from the heavens above site.Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambermile Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The difference will be in the horizon and what time things rise and set. Personally, I'd go for CdC rather than Stellarium though - I don;t like the way Stellarium takes over the entire screen http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warthog Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Although I know roughly what the altitude at St. Catharines is, I don't see why 250 ft. should make any difference in a universe with a radius of 16,000,000,000 LY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambermile Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Right. So WH ... are you a dwarf then? That'd make a difference on the amount of daylight you get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Altitude also makes a big difference in the amount of air you look through and thus seeing. Don't see a lot of big scopes at sea level, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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