Right Ascension (RA)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4577.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4577. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The angle between the hour circles passing through the vernal equinox and a celestial body, measured eastwards (i.e. anti-clockwise) from the vernal equinox and expressed in time units (hours, minutes, and seconds) where 24 h is equivalent to 360°. In other words, it is the angle between the vernal equinox and a point on the celestial equator such that the angle between the vernal equinox, this p...

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