CELESTIAL MERIDIAN

vertical circle passing through the north celestial pole and an observer's zenith. It is an axis in the altazimuth coordinate system.

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books on: Celestial Meridian  - 206 results

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Plotting the Globe: Stories of Meridians, Parallels, and the International Date Line
Book by Avraham Ariel, Nora Ariel Berger; Praeger, 2006
Subjects: International Date Line, Longitude--Prime Meridian
...House) with a strong brick meridian wall upon which he mounted...measuring the altitude of a celestial body when on the meridian. It is mounted on a pivot...When a star passes over the meridian, the transit instrument measures...
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An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics
Book by Theodore E. Sterne; Interscience Publishers, 1960
Subjects: Celestial Mechanics
...earths spin axis is called the local meridian , the plane through the earths spin axis and a celestial object or position is called the hour...The angle measured westward from the meridian to the hour-circle of a celestial object is
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A Captain at Fifteen; The Dark Continent; Measuring a Meridian
Book by Charles F. Horne, Jules Verne; Vincent Parke, 1911
Subjects: Fiction
...degree, and in 1669, by measuring the celestial and terrestial arcs between Paris and...his operation the measurement of the meridian in France was interrupted until it was...find the value of the quadrant of the meridian. This measurement gave 57,025 toises...
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Past Meridian
Book by L. H. Sigourney; D. Appleton & Company, 1854
Subjects: Old Age
...worlds torches and flambeaux shut out from the minds sanctuary? Hear the brave, blind old poet, "So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward, and the soul thro all her powers Irradiate." Good and faithful servants have the reporting senses...
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The World Machine: The First Phase: the Cosmic Mechanism
Book by Carl Snyder; Longmans Green, 1907
Subjects: Celestial Mechanics, Cosmology, Science--History
...It is clear that if a second point on the earth, as D, can be found where the moon is at the same moment directly on the meridian, then a line from the moon through this point will equally pass through the earths centre. As a matter of fact, it would...
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journal articles on: Celestial Meridian  - 42 results

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"A Broken and Bloody Hoop": The Intertextuality of 'Black Elk Speaks' and Alice Walker's 'Meridian
Journal article by Anne M. Downey; MELUS, Vol. 19, 1994
Subjects: Black Elk Speaks (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Intertextuality--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Meridian (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Walker, Alice--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...connection is made when Meridian meets Walter Longknife...whose ancestors once owned Meridians fathers land. She sees...suffering and contribute to Meridians most important decision...Southern black womens college, Meridian goes north to New York to...bowl" (58). The term "meridian" itself, as Walker shows...imaginary great circle of the celestial sphere" and "in geography...
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Alhacen on Refraction: a Critical Edition, with English Translation and Commentary, of Book 7 of Alhacen's de Aspectibus
Journal article; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Light, Studies
...location with respect to the horizon affect the apparent size of celestial bodies. 7.47-51 PROPOSITION 19: When viewed at zenith, a celestial body or an interval between celestial bodies appears diminished because of atmospheric refraction...
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Medieval Arab Navigation on the Indian Ocean: Latitude Determinations
Journal article by Alfred Clark; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects: Indian Ocean--Discovery, exploration, etc., Latitude--Measurement, Nautical astronomy--History
...but not to the celestial pole. Instead they...crossed the observers meridian. At this point...1 |degree~ of Meridian Angle. These tables...data on specific celestial bodies were used...about the observers meridian. The term declination...of a star on the celestial sphere and is equal...
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Marking Time: Astrology, Almanacs, and English Protestantism
Journal article by Alison A. Chapman; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Almanacs--History, Astrology--History, Protestantism--History, Space and time--Analysis, Spacetime--Analysis
...astrology, all events transpire under a celestial grid and, as geographical position changes...urged him "to consider the difference of Meridians, and the Relations also, that was between...countries, it is the "difference of Meridians" which is first on Gadburys mind. In...
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Introduction
Journal article; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Light
...which it will pass through our meridian. Placing the armillary sphere...determined that the light from celestial bodies is refracted at the...23 The same holds for the celestial vault. It lies so far away...like a ceiling. Hence, as celestial bodies, such as the sun...
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magazine articles on: Celestial Meridian  - 21 results

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Celestial Events
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 104, July 1995
Subjects: Astronomy, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Venus
Celestial Events by Joe Rao Years ago, while strolling toward a street corner just...and to the right of Mars on the evening of the 3d. Jupiter is near the meridian at dusk and sets after midnight. Its large, cloud-belted disk and four...
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Heavens above! Allies and Morrison Make Shapes in the Greenwich World Heritage Site
Magazine article by Rob Gregory; The Architectural Review, Vol. 222, September 2007
Subjects: Historic sites--Economic aspects
...location, on the Greenwich Meridian at 51.5 degrees north...anchor it to its earthly and celestial location. Held between the...of the Park and the N-S meridian line in plan, and clipped...of the North Star and the celestial equator in elevation, the...
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Stairways to Heaven
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, June 1993
Subjects: Architecture, Historic buildings & sites, India, Jai Singh, Sawai II, Observatories
...and notes the position of a celestial object, the openings in the...staircase. Each arc lies in the meridian (a vertical plane passing...the angular height above the celestial equator, of the sun for each...coordinates of an object on the celestial sphere directly, without...
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Portolan Charts: Vital Tool of the Age of Discovery
Magazine article by Richard Pflederer; History Today, Vol. 52, May 2002
Subjects: Nautical charts--History
...human form straddling the celestial North Pole and orientated...latitudes, the converging meridians on the physical globe conflicted with the parallel meridians shown on the traditional...measuring the altitude of celestial bodies, and by the early...the position of the prime meridian. On the earliest charts...
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Zero
Magazine article by Dick Teresi; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, July 1997
Subjects: Calendars--Public opinion, Millennium--Public opinion
...Royal Observatory sits atop the prime meridian, also known as zero--not one...the transcripts of the International Meridian Conference of 1884, legally the Universal...able to display a special "Greenwich Meridian 2000" logo. Greenwich 2000? Not 2001...
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newspaper articles on: Celestial Meridian  - 6 results

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Cosmic Greenwich Opens to the Stars; First Look Inside Royal Observatory's Planetarium
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 18, 2007
...45-tonne, bronze-clad roof that juts into the sky. The structures geometry is based on celestial coordinates: it stands astride the Prime Meridian (zero degrees longitude) and its south side points towards the Pole Star. Astronomers started...
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Will the Sphinx at Last Reveal Its Deep Secrets; DAY TWO OF A REMARKABLE SERIES WHICH REVEALS THAT THE GREAT PYRAMIDS COULD HOLD THE KEY TO A LOST CIVILISATION
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 3, 1996
...in the east, crosses the meridian and sets in the west. As...across the sky towards the meridian as Orion sets. Between the...They thought of it as the celestial twin of the Nile, on which...south. There, crossing the meridian, we observe the three stars...
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Different Escapes
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), April 3, 2010
...accommodation in a unique glass-floored over- water bungalow at Le Meridian Bora Bora, one of the most original complexes on the island...India from Delhi to Kolkata from $6337* and the eight-day Celestial India in the reverse direction from $7243*. For bookings...
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Daring Trio Flies Blind to North Pole
Newspaper article by Christopher Pala; The Washington Times, April 30, 2001
...in a small, single-engine plane using dead reckoning and celestial navigation only, rather than the array of devices used by...we were a bit to the right of our intended path, the 90th meridian," he said. So when they got to what they thought was the...
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Laurie Brannan's Tips of the Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 6, 2009
...whose six-year-old gelding may have most to fear from Celestial Halo. Punjabis stablemate Zaynar can continue his climb through...Unicoin Homes Relkeel Hurdle later the same day. Tomorrow: Meridian City, Viel Gluck, Final Day (Musselburgh). Tuesday...
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encyclopedia articles on: Celestial Meridian  - 12 results

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Celestial Meridian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CELESTIAL MERIDIAN vertical circle passing through the north celestial pole and an observers zenith . It is an axis in the altazimuth coordinate system . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Celestial Pole
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which the earths axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere . The celestial pole is important as a reference point in the equatorial coordinate system ; the celestial meridian passes through it, as do the hour circles of...
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Equatorial Coordinate System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...circle passing through the celestial poles and through the star...hour circle , analogous to a meridian of longitude on earth. The...point where the observers celestial meridian intersects the celestial equator. The right ascension...
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Transit
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...astronomy, passage of a body across a meridian or passage of a small body across...of the fixed stars transit the celestial meridian once daily; an observer can determine...which a given star transits his meridian and by referring to tables. Transits...
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Hour Angle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...equatorial coordinate system . The hour angle of a celestial body is the angular distance, expressed...15 degrees), measured westward along the celestial equator from the observers celestial meridian to the hour circle of the object being located...
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