pjgscioisamazing wrote:Right ascension and Declination is the Latitude and Longitude of the celestial sphere. The celestial sphere is pretty much the earth expanded and all the stars are on it on the sphere. There is a celestial equator (0° Declination) which is just the equator of the earth, but expanded onto the celestial sphere. Declination is like the latitude of the sky. It is measured in +/- degrees. All positive degrees are above the celestial equator, and all negative degrees are below. Right ascension is like the longitude of the sky. It is measured in hours and minutes. Possibly in seconds, but I don't think they would go that in-depth. It starts at 0h0m and goes around the celestial sphere until it gets back to 0h0m which would complete 24 hrs, just like in a day. Hope that helped.crabnebula143 wrote:thnx, pigscioisamaizing!!! (i hope i spelled ur username correctly)
Does any1 know what right ascension and/or declination is? thnx
Yes, it really helped, thanks again!!!!
