Midnight Culmination of Sirius

Star chart images and related media about the midnight culmination of the star Sirius.

Midnight at the local timezone on a location on Earth differs from the local solar time midnight by a few seconds to up to 3 hours depending on the location's longitude difference towards the timezone's center longitude.

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At the time of a star culmination, the star crosses the local meridian (true south location).

For locations where local solar time and local timezone time matches, the anti solar point (ASP) crosses the meridian at midnight.

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  Midnight culmination of Sirius in the year 2022, at midnight local solar time New Year's Eve 2021.
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  Star chart showing the culmination of Sirius at 17 minutes before midnight local solar time on December 31 1582.
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  Star chart of midnight local solar time on December 31, 1582 showing Sirius 17 minutes after its culmination.