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RA: right ascension
: declination o
Aries
Latihan Tata koordinat equator
Jika diketahui suatu bintang L
Tempat Pengamatan Sanaa
Waktu bintang pukul
AR = 180
0
deklinasinya -45
0
Lukislah kedudukan bintang tersebut dan
buatlah garis edar bintang itu
The Motion of the Sun
The Earth moves around the Sun in an orbital plane.
The orbital planes projection onto the celestial sky defines the
Zodiac
23 27' o =
24h sidereal time corresponds to 24h+24/365h
(Unsld, Baschek)
The signs of the zodiac are:
Aries ram [ Libra scales -
Taurus bull _ Scorpius scorpion ]
Gemini twins } Sagittarius archer
Cancer crab C Capricornus goat _
Leo lion p Aquarius water-bearer
Virgo virgin ] Pisces fish (plural) )
Location of Sun at times Date
of equinox and solstice
[ First point of Aries (Ram) March 21st
vernal equinox
C Cancer (Crab) June 21st
summer solstice
- Libra (Scales) September 21st
autumnal equinox
_ Capricornus (Goat) December 21st
winter solstice
The Precession of the Sun
23.5
ecliptic = orbital plane of the planets
The axis of the Earth describes a cone once in 25725 years.
north celestial
pole
pole of the
ecliptic
23 27'
Dec 21
Winter solstice
June, 21
Summer solstice
vernal equinox
Mar 20
day = night
autumnal equinox
Sept. 23
north celestial
pole
pole of the
ecliptic
23 27'
vernal equinox
Mar 20
day = night
autumnal equinox
Sept. 23
zenith
north celestial
pole
pole of the
ecliptic
23 27'
June, 21
Summer solstice
maximum altitude: h 90 23 27' = +
Sun in zenith
23 27' s
zenith
minimum altitude: h 23 27' (90 ) =
90
North polar day
66 33' =
north celestial
pole
pole of the
ecliptic
23 27'
vernal equinox
Mar 20
day = night
autumnal equinox
Sept. 23
zenith
north celestial
pole
pole of the
ecliptic
23 27'
Dec 21
Winter solstice
maximum altitude: h 90 23 27' =
North polar night
66 33' =
zenith
90