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" ... In Longitude is the correction to be applied to the longitude of the body referred to the mean equinox, in order to obtain that longitude as referred to the true equinox. When the correction is positive, the true longitudes are greater than those... "
The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac - Page 515
1892
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Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th ..., Volume 9

United States. Congress. House - 1885 - 558 pages
...positive, the true longitudes are greater than those referred to the mean equinox; while the contrary is true- when the correction has the negative sign. The...from January 0 to each of the dates following. The SuiCs Aberration is the quantity which is to be applied to the true longitude of the sun in order to...
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Congressional Serial Set

1895 - 578 pages
...positive, the true longitudes are greater than those referred to the mean equinox; while the contrary is true when the correction has the negative sign. The...Precession of Equinoxes in Longitude, from January io to each of the dates following. The Sun's Aberration is the quantity which is to be applied to the...
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Congressional Serial Set

1898 - 580 pages
...positive, the true longitudes are greater than those referred to the mean equinox; while the contrary is true when the correction has the negative sign. The...Precession of Equinoxes in Longitude, from January о to each of the dates following. The Sun's Aberration is the quantity which is to be applied to the...
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Congressional Serial Set

1900 - 662 pages
...mean equinox ; while the contrary is the case when the correction has the negative sign. The Nutation in RA is equal to that in longitude, multiplied by the cosine of the obliquity of the ecliptic. The ¿filiation in Obliquity is the correction to be applied to the mean obliquity of the date, in order...
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The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1884 - 560 pages
...positive, the true longitudes are greater tItan those referred to the mean equinox ; while the contrary is true when the correction has the negative sign. The equation In RA is equal to that in longitude, multi. plied by the cosine of the obliquity of the ecliptic. The next column gives the Precession of...
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The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1890 - 558 pages
...mean equinox ; while the contrary is true when the correction has the negative sigp. The equation /7« RA is equal to that in longitude, multiplied by the...from January 0 to each of the dates following. The Sun's Aberration is the quantity which is to be applied to the true longitude of the sun in order to...
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The Astronomical Almanac

1987 - 560 pages
...apparent sidereal time (GAST) is calculated by adding the equation of the equinoxes (the total nutation in longitude, multiplied by the cosine of the obliquity of the ecliptic) to GMST. Following the general practice of this volume, UT implies UT1 in critical applications. Useful...
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