Otter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"New app! A compass that points to the centre of the galaxy"interconnected.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down121file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareapex32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 months agoYou can just use Sky Map and search for Sagittarius. What you actually want to search for is Sagittarius A*, but Sky Map doesn’t have that, so the Sagittarius constellation is close enough to give you the general direction.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoRA 17h 45m 40.0409s, dec −29° 0′ 28.118″ Here’s a map: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1835b/
You can just use Sky Map and search for Sagittarius.
What you actually want to search for is Sagittarius A*, but Sky Map doesn’t have that, so the Sagittarius constellation is close enough to give you the general direction.
RA 17h 45m 40.0409s, dec −29° 0′ 28.118″
Here’s a map: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1835b/