Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 108
ion of the celestial meridian (of thepoint C) in the figure will be VC. The sidereal time isthe angle ZP V measured by the arc CV. The right-ascen- SIDEREAL TIME. 87 sion of the meridian is VC. The right-ascension of anystar on the meridian at that instant will be VC. Conversely—if a star C is on… … Fig. 50. The hour-angle of the vernal equinox, 0, in this figure is 3 hours west.The sidereal time is therefore 3 hours. The R. A. of the observers merid-ian is 3 hours. Suppose then that we had a catalogue of the right-ascensions of stars like this—and we have such catalogues. See Table V for a…
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