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    Re: Zenith stars
    From: Frank Reed
    Date: 2008 May 21, 01:35 -0400

    Doug writes:
    > Does anyone know the name of the zenith star for New York City?  Thanks
    
    Well, it doesn't really work that way (there's no single zenith star), but
    your best bets are Algol, gamma Cygni, and, for something a little off-beat,
    the Amdromeda Galaxy (which was visible from NYC in the 1940s but street
    lights have since eaten it alive). These pass directly overhead once a day
    somewhere in NYC. The best bright star would be Vega. Vega is a zenith star
    for observers standing just a few miles south of Washington, DC, but in
    Manhattan it's only two degrees away from the zenith when it reaches its
    maximum daily altitude.
    
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