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Homework Statement
*A star on the celestial equator has right ascension of 16h00m00s. At what time of day will this star be at it's highest point, on Febuary 29th 2016. *
Homework Equations
HA = LST - RA
The Attempt at a Solution
When LST=RA, it'll be at it's highest point. How do I determine LST? There are many different explanations online. As a rough estimate, solar is off from sidereal by 4 minutes. 0 hour is on March 20th. Subtracting 4 minutes per day for 20 days gives me a difference of about 80 minutes.
So it'd be 16h - (80minutes), roughly 2pm?