Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 53
eclination (likelatitude) of a star is its angular distance north or south ofthe celestial equator. The right-ascension (like longi-tude) of a star is its angular distance east of the first me-ridian. Declinations in the sky are like latitudes on theEarth. Eight-ascensions in the sky are like… … Fig. 13.—Declination and Right-ascension of a Star. In the figure EVQ is the equator of the celestial sphere—the celes-tial equator. The Earth is not shown in the picture. If it wereshown it would be a dot at the centre of the sphere. PAa is a nierid.ian of the celestial sphere passing through the…
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