For me True setting circles must enable you to find planets in daylight by:
- Using a sidereal clock.
- Knowing where south is.
- Knowing the Right Ascension and Declination of the object
Backyard Voyager
Mars Watch 2012
8/10/2012
Diameter (arcsec) 7.37
Apparent Magnitude .45
Celestial South Pole at top
10/10/2012
Diameter (arcsec) 10.36
Apparent Magnitude -.230
Celestial South Pole at top
12/24/2012
Diameter (arcsec) 15.78
Apparent Magnitude -1.630
For me True setting circles must enable you to find planets in daylight by: