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∙ 8y agoThat's the star's "azimuth".
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The distance of a star on the horizon, measured in degrees, is called its azimuth. Azimuth is the angle measured clockwise from true north to the star's position in the sky. It can range from 0° (north) to 360° (back to north).
Distance north or south measured in degrees is called latitude.
Latitude.
The distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees of latitude. For example, the equator is measured at 0 degrees; Sydney Australia lies 33.51 degrees south of the equator; Helsinki Finland lies 60 degrees north of the equator.
Distance from the Equator is measured using lines of latitude. The Equator is designated as 0 degrees latitude, and distances are measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds north or south of the Equator.
That's the star's "azimuth".
The distance of a star on the horizon, measured in degrees, is called its azimuth. Azimuth is the angle measured clockwise from true north to the star's position in the sky. It can range from 0° (north) to 360° (back to north).
Distance north or south measured in degrees is called latitude.
That's the star's "azimuth".
Latitude.
Latitude.
The distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees of latitude. For example, the equator is measured at 0 degrees; Sydney Australia lies 33.51 degrees south of the equator; Helsinki Finland lies 60 degrees north of the equator.
Distance from the Equator is measured using lines of latitude. The Equator is designated as 0 degrees latitude, and distances are measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds north or south of the Equator.
Latitude is the angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. It determines the location of a place relative to the equator, with the equator being 0 degrees and the poles being 90 degrees north and south.
Distance north or south of the Earth's equator is measured in degrees of latitude. The equator is 0 degrees latitude, with the North Pole at 90 degrees north latitude and the South Pole at 90 degrees south latitude. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.
The angle between the northern horizon and the North star Polaris at a latitude of 75 degrees north is 15 degrees. Polaris is positioned 90 degrees above the northern horizon at the North Pole (90 - 75 = 15 degrees).
Angular distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees, with 0 degrees at the equator, 90 degrees at the North Pole, and -90 degrees at the South Pole. This measure is known as latitude and helps to indicate a location's position in terms of its distance from the equator along Earth's surface.