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Re: (meteorobs) Time



gee, (No, GMT) what time is used in the tardis????
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From: Malcolm Currie <mjc@astro1.bnsc.rl.acdot uk>, on 11/21/96 9:48 PM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>

Lew wrote:
> It's (PRETTY much) the same as "Greenwich Mean Time" 

Don't tell that to my boss.  He's an expert on celestial co-ordinates
and time, and will give you chapter and verse why it should be UTC.
GMT is historical, though still used by the BBC World Service.

> BTW, all this stuff is covered in some of the "introduction to astronomy" 
FAQs 
> and Web sites out there. If you have Web access, try a search for 
"sidereal".

If you want to find the latest UTC check out this US Naval
Observatory's Clock at

   http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html

so you don't have to worry about daylight-saving/summer time which will
reduce the figures given by other respondents.

Malcolm