Found in Cygnus: A 7th-Magnitude Nova Apr 14, 2008
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Northeast Middle School team Feb 19, 2008
We have to know magnetic declination and azimuths on three or four different types of maps. He wants to be an X-ray technician when he gets older. (Washington Daily News, NC)
A place to go for actual facts Feb 16, 2008
Willpower wrote on Feb 8, 2008 9:46 AM:" The earth's climate varies over long periods of time because the earth's orbital characteristics vary over long periods of time. Seasonality comes and goes in a regular and well studied pattern because the earth's declination changes much as a spinning top varies it's angle of spin. The earth's orbit changes from more circular to more elliptical over time as well. The time of year, which is to say season, in which aphelion and perihelion occur also... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
This Week's Sky at a Glance Jan 8, 2008
" Moonlight will return to brighten the evening sky for nearly two weeks starting around January 12th. Friday, January 4 When you check on Comet Holmes with your telescope, what else near it in Perseus can you find? There's more for your scope in the comet's vicinity than you probably think. See Sue French's "Deep-Sky Wonders" article and chart in the January , page 80. Tomorrow morning in early dawn, the crescent Moon poses near Antares below Venus, as shown at below. The waning crescent Moon... (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Delhi has a date with Winter Solstice Dec 25, 2007
Besides measuring the declination of the Sun at Jai Prakas and Misra Yantra, students also measured horizontal and vertical angles of celestial bodies like the Sun and Mars at Ram Yantra. Nehru Planetarium Director N. Rathnasree conducted classes on the scientific facts about Winter Solstice and relevance of masonic instruments to budding astronomers throughout the day. (Hindu)
Rain of Super-Particles Nov 14, 2007
Moreover it will be able to observe the giant elliptical galaxy M87 (Virgo A), in the relatively nearby Virgo Cluster at declination 12. north. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Comet Holmes Undergoes Huge Outburst Oct 27, 2007
Its position on October 25th (0h UT) is right ascension 3h 53m, declination +50. 1. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Skywatching: Red Planet grows brighter Sep 29, 2007
Mars will still be positioned between Taurus and Gemini, at a rather high declination of about +27-degrees. More space news. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Dawn Launch Rescheduled To September; Phoenix To Launch In August Jul 8, 2007
It would be very faint, perhaps no more than a speck amidst a sea of stars in the constellation Cetus near right ascension 0 hours 52 minutes and declination -18 degrees ... The dependence upon the day in the launch period is more complex, but in general, if the launch takes place on a later day, the location will shift to slightly higher right ascension and higher declination. (Space Daily)
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Or you can use a compass to find the correct direction making sure to correct for magnetic declination. Venus's azimuth at disappearance is 67. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Venus dominates the evening sky Apr 14, 2007
With each passing night, as its angular distance from the sun slowly increased, its declination in the sky was also improving in a northerly direction ... On May 10, Venus will attain its highest declination: 26 degrees north of the celestial equator. (MSNBC -- Technology)
This is Montana Nov 28, 2006
Back to Great Falls your compass should have an adjustment on it that allows you to compensate for the magnetic declination move the travel arrow 15 degrees east and your compass will be properly aligned. Test it again with the North Star. (Helena Independent Record)
SkyTonight.com's Almanac Aug 9, 2006
Listed first are the coordinates of right ascension (R.A.) and declination (Dec. which give the object's position on the celestial sphere for the equinox of date. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Stargazing Basics Aug 3, 2006
"Right ascension" and "declination" tell you where your telescope is pointed in the sky. But what do they really mean. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Observing the earth May 23, 2006
" The observatory gradually evolved from analog to digital equipment. Today, a Declination Inclination Magnetometer is used to take baseline readings. It's a nonmagnetic theodolite, which measures vertical and horizontal angles of the magnetic field. Data from that and other instruments are fed into a main recording room in a building at the rear of the property. A wireless relay system sends that to the administration building, but that link is being converted to faster and more efficient... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
First RAVE Data Release Offers Clues To Milky Way Evolution Feb 13, 2006
The red line divides the northern and southern equatorial hemispheres at declination = 0 degrees. The blue fields of view are part of the first data release from RAVE. (Image courtesy of Radial Velocity Experiment). (Science Daily)
