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If you are going to use star charts to locate stars by using their coordinates, you will need to understand the basis of astronomical calculations relating to time and the positions of objects in the sky. There is a little mathematics involved, but nothing complicated and nothing that can’t be done on a calculator.
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North, G. (1995). First Steps in Astronomical Calculations. In: Moore, P. (eds) The Modern Amateur Astronomer. Practical Astronomy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0387-5_8
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