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{"name":"NGC 7635","ra":"23 20 48.30","dec":"+61 12 06.00"}

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This is because the definition of local midnight changes: normally half way between sunset and sunrise, it is set to 00:00 local time if the sun doesn't rise, and undefined if the sun doesn't set."],"astronight":"astronomical night","astronightlength":"Length of astronomical night","au":"AU","aurorae":"aurorae","bad":"bad","clear":"clear","clearall":"clear all","clearids":"clear identifications","close":"close","closeadvanced":"close advanced options","coord":"Coordinates","craters":"craters","culminates":"Culminates","daily":"Daily chart","dailycharthelp":"Daily chart help","dailyhelptext":["This chart shows the altitude with time of the objects and the Moon on the selected day.","Blue shading represents the sky brightness due to the Moon. The density of the shading is proportional to the fractional illumination of the Moon.","If there is a change of time during the night, it is marked on the chart, but all local times still reflect the time at the start of the night.","Twilights may look very strange in the Antarctic. This is because Google's time zone resolver sets everywhere on the continent to UTC+12, which means that civil midnight can be many hours away from solar midnight."],"dark":"dark time","darkmode":"dark mode","data":"Data","datahelp":"Data help","datahelptext":["The tables in this section summarise the information presented visually above.","They include details of the objects and observing location; solar events; and moon position.","Sunset and sunrise times are corrected for refraction and the altitude of the observing location.","Lunar calculations are corrected for refraction and altitude, and are in the topocentric frame. They are slightly simplified, omitting some smaller periodic terms, but should be accurate to within a couple of minutes.","Light pollution information is from the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/djlorenz.github.io\/astronomy\/lp2020\/\"\u003EWorld Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness\u003C\/a\u003E","'Extended data' gives an hour-by-hour breakdown of object and site details: altitude, azimuth, airmass, lunar distance, times, and heliocentric radial velocity correction (with the parts due to Earth's rotation and orbit indicated). Subtract these corrections from an observed velocity to apply them."],"date":"Date","datehelp":"Date help","datehelptext":["You can also move by ± 1 day using the keyboard left and right arrows.","\u003Ci\u003Eoptimal\u003C\/i\u003E will find the day of the year on which the combined altitude of the objects at local midnight is maximised. It will do nothing if no objects rise.","\u003Ci\u003Eoptimal (dark time)\u003C\/i\u003E does the same thing but only considering nights when the moon is less than 25% illuminated.","When moving by ± 1 month, surprising results may occur. For example, if you are on March 31, and you go forward one month, the date calculated is April 31, which does not exist and is interpreted instead as May 1."],"day":"day","dayspastfull":"Days past full","dec":"dec","declination":"Declination","during":"during","earthdistance":"Distance from Earth","el":"Elevation","endat":"End of astronomical twilight","endct":"End of civil twilight","endnt":"End of nautical twilight","expiresin":"expires in","extendeddata":"Extended data","extreme":"extreme","from":"from","geolocated":"Geolocated position","getfrommap":"get from map","getfrommaptitle":"set coordinates from centre of field of view","getlightpollution":"Get light pollution information...","hideforecast":"hide forecast","history":"History","historyhelp":"History help","historyhelptext":["The last 100 observability plots you have generated and any short links you have created are listed here.","History data is stored only by your browser and can be cleared whenever you like."],"hour":"hour","hours":"Night length","hoursabove":"Hours above","hourshelp":"Night length plot help","hourshelptext":["This chart shows the time each object spends above a given altitude each day, night, or astronomical night.","The grey shaded regions show the length of civil and astronomical night.","Click on the chart to replot the daily chart for that date.","The object lines are calculated at five-day intervals and interpolated."],"hourshelptitle":"Night length plot","identify":"identify objects","illuminated":"Illuminated fraction","last":"Local sidereal time","lastatmidnight":"Local sidereal time at local midnight","lat":"Latitude","lightmode":"light mode","lightpollution":"Light pollution","limitingmag":"Limiting magnitude","lng":"Longitude","localtime":"local time","Localtime":"Local time","low":"low","maximumaltitude":"Maximum altitude","moderate":"moderate","months":{"Jan":"31","Feb":"28","Mar":"31","Apr":"30","May":"31","Jun":"30","Jul":"31","Aug":"31","Sep":"30","Oct":"31","Nov":"30","Dec":"31"},"moon":"Moon","moonalt":"Moon altitude","moonaz":"Moon azimuth","moondistance":"Moon distance","moondistancemidnight":"Distance from Moon","name":"Name","naturalskybrightness":"natural sky brightness","negligible":"negligible","new":"what's new","nextday":"next day","nextfull":"Next full moon","nextmonth":"next month","nightlength":"Length of night (sunset-sunrise)","nightlengthplot":"Night length plot","nolocation":"No location selected","notes":"notes","now":"now","numbers":["one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine","ten"],"object":"Object","objectairmass":"Object airmass","objectalt":"Object altitude","objectaz":"Object azimuth","objecthelp":"Object help","objecthelptext":["Type in the object name to get its coordinates from \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cds.u-strasbg.fr\/cgi-bin\/Sesame\"\u003ESesame\u003C\/a\u003E;","or get coordinates from the map view;","or type the coordinates in manually, pressing \u003Ccode\u003Eenter\u003C\/code\u003E to set the coordinates.","You can paste both RA and dec into one coordinate box and it will be interpreted correctly.","A single number is interpreted as a decimal coordinate, a pair of numbers as a pair of decimal coordinates, and anything else as a sexagesimal representation.","If you are browsing around the sky and you want to know where you ended up, click on \"identify objects\" to identify interesting objects in the field of view (max 1°).","For solar system objects, click on \"advanced options...\". Coordinates are obtained from the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/vo.imcce.fr\/webservices\/miriade\/?ephemcc\"\u003EMiriade\u003C\/a\u003E service.","If you overlay an instrument field of view, the observatory at which the instrument is located will automatically be selected."],"objecthelptitle":"Object selection","objectname":"Object name","objects":"objects","observability":"observability","observatories":"observatories","observatory":"Observatory","observatoryhelp":"Observatory help","observatoryhelptext":["Type the name of a telescope or observatory to find its coordinates;","or select it on the map;","or enter a three-character \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/minorplanetcenter.net\/iau\/lists\/ObsCodes.html\"\u003EMinor Planet Center observatory code\u003C\/a\u003E;","or (if your device and browser support geolocation) use \"set to my location\" or \"set to nearest observatory\";","or enter the coordinates manually, pressing \u003Ccode\u003Eenter\u003C\/code\u003E to define a new observatory;","or double click on the map to select a location. Its elevation and time zone will be automatically determined. This works for points on land only.","Observatories from where all your objects reach airmass<1.4 are shown in blue; observatories from where any of your objects cannot be seen are shown in grey.","A list of the predefined sites can be found at the \u003Ca href=\"observatories\"\u003Eobservatories page\u003C\/a\u003E","Weather information is from \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openweathermap.org\"\u003Eopenweathermap.org\u003C\/a\u003E","\"night\" shows which parts of Earth are in darkness right now (accurate to about 5 minutes in time, 100km in distance at sea level)","\"light pollution\" overlays the estimated sky brightness from the World Atlas of the Night Sky Brightness","\"aurorae\" shows the locations from which auroral activity might be visible, using data from \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/aurora-30-minute-forecast\"\u003ENOAA\u003C\/a\u003E"],"observatoryhelptitle":"Observatory selection","of":"of","offset":"offset","optimal":"optimal","parallactic":"Parallactic angle","permalink":"create short link to this observability calculation (valid for three months)","pm":"Proper motion","previousday":"previous day","previousmonth":"previous month","ra":"RA","reset":"reset","resettotoday":"reset to today's date","resolve":"resolve","resolving":"resolving","rightascension":"Right Ascension","rises":"Rises","selectinstrument":"Select instrument, or add FOV manually below","selectoptimal":"select optimal date for the selected objects","selectoptimaldarktime":"select optimal Moon-free date","sets":"Sets","setstartmonth":"Set start month...","settolocation":"set to my location","settonearest":"set to nearest observatory","show":"show","showaltlimits":"Altitude limits...","showclouds":"clouds","showforecast":"7-day forecast...","showfov":"Show field of view of an instrument...","showlightpollution":"light pollution","shownight":"night","sitemessage":"Please note the new site URL, \u003Cb\u003Eairmass.org\u003C\/b\u003E!","skyview":"Sky view","skyviewhelp":"Sky view help","skyviewhelptext":["This chart shows the positions of the objects on the sky.","Drag the slider to change the time shown.","If the current day is being shown, the view will be set to the current time and will update every 2 minutes.","Double-click the chart to switch between normal and enlarged view."],"solar":"Solar events","solarsystemobject":"Solar system object...","startat":"Start of astronomical twilight","startct":"Start of civil twilight","startnt":"Start of nautical twilight","suggestions":"Suggestions","suggestionshelp":"Suggestions help","suggestionshelptext":["At a telescope with nothing to observe? 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