 The Sun's Semidiameter and the Sidereal Time of Semidiameter Passing Meridian are also given on page I. The Sun's semidiameter is used in reducing the altitude of the upper or lower limb of the Sun to the altitude of the center; and in reducing the angular...  The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac - Page 7451920Full view - About this book
 | 1900 - 662 pages
...Sun's Semidiameter and the Sidereal Time of Semidiameter Passing Meridian are also given on page I. The Sun's semidiameter is used in reducing the altitude...the angular distance between the limb of the Sun and the Moon or other object, to the distance from the center of the Sun. The sidereal time of semidiameter... | |
 | John Huntington Crane Coffin - 1919 - 280 pages
...to any given GMT, it is the correction to be applied to mean time in order to obtain apparent time. The Sun's semidiameter is used in reducing the altitude...object to the distance from the center of the Sun. The Sun's right ascension and declination, given in the Almanac, are referred to the true equator and equinox;... | |
 | 1912 - 554 pages
...Sun's Semidiameter and the Sidereal Time of Semidiameter Passing Meridian are also given on page I. The Semidiameter is used in reducing the altitude of the...object to the distance from the center of the Sun. The sidereal time of Semidiameter passing the meridian is employed in obtaining the passage of the Sun's... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1890 - 558 pages
...the Sidereal Time of Semidiameter Passing Meridian are also given on page I. The sun's sernidiameter is used in reducing the altitude of the upper or lower...the center ; and in reducing the angular distance of the limb from the moon or some other object, to the distance from the center of the sun. The sidereal... | |
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