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In proposition 7, he examines changes inrightascension.
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Thus analysing the motion of the planets from their apparent motions changes the reference system for the data; we are now dealing withrightascensionand declination.
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However, at triple conjunctions, it is possible that a conjunction only inrightascension(or ecliptical length) occur.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Picard also developed what became the standard method for measuring therightascensionof a celestial object.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The burst was located at arightascensionof and a declination of.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the equatorial mount became widely adopted for observation, the equatorial coordinate system, which includesrightascension, was adopted at the same time for simplicity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the equatorial coordinate system, therightascensioncoordinates of these borders lie between and, while the declination coordinates are between and.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These stars were chosen in such way that they were approximately 6 hours apart inrightascension.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the equatorial coordinate system, therightascensioncoordinates of these borders lie between and, while the declination coordinates are between 25.60 and 37.35.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The position at other equinoxes can be computed by taking into account precession, nutation and aberration, which directly affect e.g.rightascensionand declination.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the equatorial coordinate system, therightascensioncoordinates of these borders lie between and, while the declination coordinates are between 2.33 and 36.61.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It can be found with arightascensionof 7h 01m 5.95s and a declination of -2512 '56.3.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the equatorial coordinate system, therightascensioncoordinates of these borders lie between and, while the declination coordinates are between 39.31 and 57.84.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They differ by the precession of the vernal equinox inrightascensionrelative to the stars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the equatorial coordinate system, therightascensioncoordinates of these borders lie between and, while the declination coordinates are between 56.59 and 74.98.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Using an object'srightascensionand the local sidereal time it is possible to determine the time of its culmination (see hour angle).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Similar to the terrestrial longitude and latitude, the equatorial system ofrightascensionand declination specifies positions relative to the celestial equator and celestial poles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Often equipped with a graduated scale, it can be used to measurerightascension.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The closest celestial counterpart to terrestrial latitude is declination, and the closest celestial counterpart to terrestrial longitude isrightascension.
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