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The terms and symbols used in The Sky Guide

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Universal Time (UT) is the standard time used by astronomers around the world. British Summer Time (BST) is one hour ahead of UT.

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These coordinates are the night sky’s equivalent of longitude and latitude, describing where an object is on the celestial ‘globe’.