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Watch, When, and Where Or Universal Time, Julian Date, and Celestial Coordinates. Overview What are the things you need to know in order to give a location of the origin of a cosmic ray? Universal Time Julian Date Local Coordinates Watch:UNIVERSAL TIME Universal Time The times of various events, particularly astronomical and weather phenomena, are often given in Universal Time (abbreviated UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as Greenwich Mean Time (abbreviated GMT). When a precision of one second or better is needed, however, it is necessary to be more specific about the ex