All I know is East is Sunrise, Meridian is Culmination and West is Setting. I forgot the others.
My star atlas is a thin small square with blue circle cardboard inside.How to find the time of the star in the star atlas?If you're talking about a planisphere, you need to rotate it until the current date matches the current time, and then hold it over your head.How to find the time of the star in the star atlas?Without knowing the specifics about the atlas it is hard to say. Regardless, http://www.astronomy.com has an excellent star chart for anyone to review.How to find the time of the star in the star atlas?Stars seem to rotate in 24 hours since earth rotates, but also they seem to rotate in a manner of a year, since earth rides around sun in a year.
That's why they invented the 'siderial time', which is e.g. 0 hours if you have Pisces in your South.
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