Declination

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4541.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4541. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the celestial equator. In other words, the angle between the celestial equator and a star, measured in a direction perpendicular to the celestial equator. Declination may take values between 0 and 90°, and is taken to be positive for an object north of the celestial equator, and negative for an object south of the celestial equator. Decli...

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