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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4558.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4558. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The angle between an observer's meridian and a celestial body measured westwards (i.e. clockwise) from the meridian in a direction parallel to the celestial equator. Hour angle is usually expressed in terms of time units (hours, minutes, and seconds, where 1 h is equivalent to 15°) since the value of hour angle increases due to the apparent daily rotation of the celestial sphere. Thus the hour an...

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