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Position of Hamal (alpha Arietis) between 1582 and 1588
Between 1582 and 1588, Tycho Brahe observed $\alpha$ Arietis from Uraniborg (55°54′28″N 12°41′48″E) on at least 27 separate occasions and made a record of the right ascension of the star (see Opera ...
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Convert RA from hours to h:m:s
I'm working on a small mount controller software in Python. From the ASCOM standard, right ascension is reported in unit of hours.
How do I convert from hours to hours:min:sec?
Here is my attempt in ...
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