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(astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator
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declination
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]fraction.] The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state [syn: decline ] [ant: improvement ] (astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator; expressed ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. 2 At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane. 3 A refusal. 4 (context grammar English) declension. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c. as a term in astronomy, from Old French declinacion (Modern French déclinaison ), from Latin declinationem (nominative declinatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of declinare (see decline (v.)). It took on various other senses 15c.-17c., ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In astronomy , declination (abbreviated dec ; symbol δ ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system , the other being hour angle . Declination's angle is measured north or south of the celestial ...
Usage examples of declination.
After making an intensive computer-aided study of stellar alignments at Nazca, she has concluded that the famous spider figure was devised as a terrestrial diagram of the giant constellation of Orion, and that the arrow-straight lines linked to the figure appear to have been set out to track through the ages the changing declinations of the three stars of Orion’s Belt.
I think it might suggest changes in the declinations of stars visible in the sky over a particular part of the world in past epochs.
And if the pot were turned they would work themselves into their former declinations, making their conversion by the East.
And therefore many brave men finding their fortune grow faint, and feeling its declination, have timely withdrawn themselves from great attempts, and so escaped the ends of mighty Men, disproportionable to their beginnings.
Then, remembering Swensons experience, he measured the angle of declination and the radial velocity as well.
Then, remembering Swenson's experience, he measured the angle of declination and the radial velocity as well.
Bradley's Star Catalogue gives the Declination, or Celestial Latitude, for each Star.
Click on any star and you get a complete description including name, Yale catalog designation, magnitude, spectral type, distance in light years, parallax, right ascension and declination, ecliptic and galactic latitude and longitude, and rising and setting time for any date and location of Earth's surface.
En route, he made the discovery that the deviation of the magnetic compass from the true north, the so-called magnetic declination, changed with longitude.
They took him through the relevant part of the nautical almanac, and drew a little diagram for him to show what declination meant.
Unless they be Moons or Planets, possessing Diameter, each exists as but a dimensionless Point, a simple pair of Numbers, Right Ascension and Declination.
Anyway, he says they haven't detected any spacecraft at the right ascension and declination of Vega.