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Declinations meaning
plural of declination
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The arrow-straight lines linked to the figure appear to have been set to track the through the ages the changing declinations of the three stars of Orion’s belt.
Declinations with magnitudes greater than 90° do not occur, because the poles are the northernmost and southernmost points of the celestial sphere.
Four more give the minimum and maximum declinations of the full moon: in summer, and in winter.
Minor planet 51 Nemausa and the fundamental system of declinations, PhD thesis, 1957 *95.
Right ascensions are measured eastward along the celestial equator from the equinox, and declinations are measured positive northward from the celestial equator - two such coordinate pairs are shown here.
Solar positioning While the stars are fixed to their declinations the Sun is not.
The declinations of Solar System objects change very rapidly compared to those of stars, due to orbital motion and close proximity.
This similarly occurs in the Southern Hemisphere for objects with declinations less (i.e. more negative) than −90° − φ (where φ is always a negative number for southern latitudes).