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POLE. A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. Vide Measure.

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in which P = dX + idY denotes the motion of celestial pole due to excitations, [[sigma].sub.c], [[sigma]'.sub.c] are Chandler frequencies in terrestrial and celestial frame, respectively, [[sigma]'.sub.f] is the FCN frequency in celestial frame.

NEW GFZ EFFECTIVE ANGULAR MOMENTUM EXCITATION FUNCTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON NUTATION

Reif, "The north celestial pole loop," Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol.

The discovery of anomalous microwave emission

(37) Given the early focus on the celestial pole in early Chinese astronomy, it would be surprising if the inconstancy of such a highly symbolic location did not register with observers in the Chinese Bronze Age.

A brief history of Beiji (Northern Culmen), with an excursus on the origin of the character di

On the other hand, the south celestial pole, along with the stars near it, are never above the horizon as seen from Europe.

Southern stars

To make the necessary star-trail image, you need to attach a digital camera with a standard or a short telephoto lens to your equatorial mount or telescope tube and direct it at the celestial pole. I recommend first taking a static image to help with identifying stars--for example, a 15-second exposure at f/4 and ISO 1600.

Polar Alignment with Camera and Spreadsheet: Digital photography and a computer spreadsheet offer a new twist for precision polar alignment of equatorial telescopes

The adopted values of jumps of the celestial pole offset are shown in Table 5.

Accuracy and sensitivity of a method of jump detection, evaluated by simulated time series

In the north Ursa Major lies to the west of the celestial pole and is beginning its descent towards the horizon.

The night sky in June & July

Our Earth's North Pole points to a spot in the sky called the north celestial pole. It lies very close to the brightest star of the Little Dipper, which is why we call that star Polaris, or the North Star.

Deep-sky delights: telescopes & binoculars can show countless celestial spectacles

We lack a significant pole star in the southern hemisphere so many people use the Cross to find the south celestial pole. If you continue the line between Gamma Crucis and Alpha Crucis for about 4.5 times the distance between them ten you will end up at a point fairly close to the south celestial pole.

The sky

Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are expected to have a clear view of the comet because it will initially appear high in the sky, near the north celestial pole, all night.

New comet may delight in late March

The latitude of an observer on earth is the altitude of the north or south celestial pole. No star is located exactly at either celestial pole, but the Pole Star is not far from the north celestial pole, making a small orbit about it once every twenty-four hours.

Medieval Arab navigation on the Indian Ocean: latitude determinations

The south celestial pole (SCP) is the point in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, extended southward, intersects the celestial sphere.