Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 163
ascension of the me-ridian at 8 P.M. is 11 hours.The star then is at the pointA, Fig. 53, where BA =35°and SB = 60°. The part ofthe vertical circle BA is muchless foreshortened than AZ by the projection of the celestialsphere on a plane, and this fact must be remembered inconnection with the… … Fig. 53. — Finding the right asceiision and declination. CH. IV, 73] REFERENCE POINTS AND LINES 135 its right ascension is 11-3.5 = 7.5 hours approximately.It is also seen that the star is approximately 5° north of theequator. On referring to Table I, it is found that this starmust be Procyon. All…
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