 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pages
...latitudes, longitudes, seasons of the year, days and nights, are all contrary to each other. 81. OBLIQUE ASCENSION of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial which rises with the sun, or a star in an oblique sphere, and is likewise counted from the point Aries eastward... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 pages
...sphere, and is reckoned from the equinoctial point Aries, eastward, round the globe. i 188. Oblique ascension of the sun or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial which rises with the sun or a star, in an oblique sphere, and is likewise counted eastward from the point... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 pages
...their latitudes, longitudes, seasons of the year, days, and nights, are all contrary to each other. 80. The RIGHT ASCENSION of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial, which rises with the sun, or a star, in a right sphere, and is reckoned from the equinoctial point Aries... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1821 - 206 pages
...when it comes to the meridian of any place ; for then its altitude, at that place, IB greatest. 187. The right ascension of the sun or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial which rises with the sun or a star, in a right sphere, and is reckoned from the equinoctial point Aries,... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1822 - 102 pages
...Terrestrial : being the distance of a star from the Equinoctial, either north or south. Right Ascension of a star is that degree of the equinoctial which is cut by the brazen meridian, when the star is brought to the meridian ; and is reckoned from the first point of... | |
 | James M'Intire - 1823 - 232 pages
...their latitudes, longitudes, seasons of the year, days, and nights, all contrary to each other. 73. The Right Ascension of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial, which rises with the sun, or star, in a right sphere, and is reckoned from the point Aries eastward round... | |
 | James Ryan - 1827 - 408 pages
...of the earth from the direction of their shadows, are of little, or, perhaps, of no importance. 13. The right ascension of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial which rises with the sun, or a star, in a right sphere, and is. reckoned from the equinoctial point, Arifis,... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1827 - 104 pages
...Terrestrial : hieing the distance of a star from the Equinoctial, either north or south. Rtght Ascension of a star is that degree of the equinoctial which is cut by the brazen meridian, when the star is brought to the meridian ; and is reckoned from the first point of... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - 1827 - 494 pages
...Terrestrial being the distance of a star from the Equinoctial, either north or south. Right Ascension of a star is that degree of the equinoctial which is cut by the brazen meridian, when the star is brought to the meridian ; and is reckoned •rom the first point... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...it the lop is broken into various barren peaks. ASCENSION, in astronomy, is either right or oblique. Right ascension of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial, counted from Aries, which rises with the sun or star in a right sphere. Oblique ascension is an arch... | |
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The right ascension of the sun, or a star, is that degree of the equinoctial which rises with the sun, or a star, in a right sphere, and is reckoned from the equinoctial point Aries eastward round the globe. 
