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Positional Astronomy:
Conversion between horizontal and equatorial systems
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(LST may be obtained, if necessary, from Greenwich Sidereal Time and observers
longitude.)
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Given RA
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and ?
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http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~fv/webnotes/chapter7.htm
Exercise:
Prove that the celestial equator cuts the horizon at azimuth 90 and 270,
at any latitude (except at the North and South Poles).
At what angle does the celestial equator cut the horizon, at latitude ?
Click here for the answer.
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