The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Right Ascension

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The distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aires, considered in time eastward on the equinoctial, from oh. (0 deg.) to 24th. (360 deg.) Right ascension and declination determine positions of the heavenly bodies on the celestial sphere.

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