RIGHT ASCENSION


Meaning of RIGHT ASCENSION in English

Function: noun

Date: 15th century

: the arc of the celestial equator between the vernal equinox and the point where the hour circle through a given body intersects the equator reckoned eastward commonly in terms of the corresponding interval of sidereal time in hours, minutes, and seconds

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