 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 Seiten
...with the sun, moon, or stars, in a right sphere. The right ascension of the sun, or of a star, is an arc of the equinoctial intercepted between the first point of aries and the circle of declination that passes through the sun or star. It may be reckoned either in degrees or in hours. 14s OUique ascension... | |
 | Henry W. Jeans - 1842 - 138 Seiten
...the celestial equator : the right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the celestial equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body in the celestial concave. Or it is the angle at the pole of the heavens between the... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...body, then x E is its declination. The right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination, passing through the place of the heavenly body in the celestial concave, measuring from the first point of Aries, eastward,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Riches - 1854 - 64 Seiten
...south according as the object is north or south. Q. What is the right ascension of an object ? A. An arc of the equinoctial intercepted between the first point of Aries and the right ascension circle passing through the object, and is reckoned eastward up to 360°. Q. What is... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - 1858 - 314 Seiten
...body, then x в is its declination. The right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination, passing through the place of the heavenly body in the celestial concave, measuring from the first point of Aries, eastward,... | |
 | Edward J. Henessey - 1859 - 82 Seiten
...object is the angle at the pole or arc of the equator, contained between the circle passing through the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the object. Q. What is apparent time ? A. Apparent time is the hour angle or meridian distance of the sun... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1868 - 80 Seiten
...the place and the equator. The right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the celestial equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body in the celestial concave; or, it may be defined to be, the angle at the pole of the... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1868 - 228 Seiten
...place and the celestial equator. 29. The right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of "the heavenly body in the celestial concave, measuring from the first point of Aries, eastward,... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1873 - 292 Seiten
...the celestial equator ; the right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the celestial equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body in the celestial concave. Or, it is the * If a line be drawn from C, the centre of... | |
 | Henry W. Jeans - 1873 - 272 Seiten
...equator ; the right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the celestial equator intercepted bet ween the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body in the celestial concave. Or, it is the * If a line be drawn from C, the centre of... | |
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... equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body in the celestial concave. 
