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What is the instruments to determine the altitude of the north star?
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∙ 10y ago
there are loads.
1.Telescopes.
2.Spectroscopes
3. Radio Telescopes
4.Xray telescopes
5. gamma ray telescopes
6 infra red telescopes
7. parallax
8. space telescopes
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe instrument used by astronomers to study light given off by stars is called a telescope, but one may add to the telescope an instrument called a spectrometer if you want to split the light into its components and using this determine what the stars are made of.
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∙ 10y agoA transit circle is used to measure the angle of a star above the horizon when is it due south or north, and this enables the declination to be calculated, which is the angle north or south of the equator on the celestial sphere, and it is also the latitude where that star appears overhead.
The right-ascension is found from the clock time that the star crosses the central crosswire on the transit circle, which happens when it lies exactly north or south. The right-ascension is the time after which the star crosses the meridian after the First Point of Aries, which is the direction of the Sun's crossing into the nothern half of the sky at the vernal equinox. It is the direction defined by the intersection of two planes, the Earth's orbital plane and the Earth's plane of axial rotation.
Because of precession the First Point of Aries moves a small amount each year, so stars' positions are always quoted for a given epoch, e.g. 1950.0 or 2000.0 etc.
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∙ 10y agoWe use angular measuring instruments to measure the angular altitude of a star above the horizon. For navigational purposes, this is typically a sextant, so-called because its angular measuring device is one-sixth of a circle. (Older measuring devices such as the octant and quadrant, measuring one eighth or one quarter of a circle, are seldom used.)
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∙ 15y agoThe light collected by the telescope can be passed through a prism to break it up into its spectrum.
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∙ 12y agoan astrolobe
The instrument you are thinking of is the sextant and it was independently invented by two men at around the same time, John Hadley and Thomas Godfrey.
Astrolabe
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∙ 13y agoTo break an object into colors you use a prism
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∙ 13y agoA spectrometer, which can be a crystal prism, or a diffusion gradient.
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∙ 10y agoGlass prism. that poops out yamsicles
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What instruments are used to determine the altitude of the north star?
celestial navigation LIAR!
In the northern hemisphere the altitude height in degrees above the horizon of the North Star is Always roughly equal to the?
latitude of the observer
To an observer in Buffalo NY the North Star Polaris is always located above the northern horizon at an altitude of approximately?
43 degrees
What is the azimuth and altitude of the star Betelgeuse?
azimuth 100 degrees altitude 20 degrees
Altitude is defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon.?
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What instruments are used to determine the altitude of the north star?
celestial navigation LIAR!
What instruments are used to determine the alititude of the north star?
celestial navigation
What is the altitude of the north star from the?
Zero. (It's on the horizon.)
The latitude of the North Star is always equal to the altitude of the viewer?
The idea is there, but a couple of important terms are swapped.The altitude of the North Star above the northern horizon is approximately equal tothe observer's north latitude.
What would be the altitude of the north star in Fairbanks Alaska?
The altitude of the North Star will not change from any point on Earth. However, the declination changes depending upon where you are and when - It is less than 90 degrees.
What location will the highest altitude of the star Polaris be observed?
If you are at the North Pole, you'll see the star Polaris near the zenit (altitude almost 90 degrees).
What is the altitude of the North Star in Northville Michigan?
Northville, MI is at 42 degrees, 26 minutes North. The altitude of the North Star is between 42 degrees and 43 degrees, depending on the time. (Polaris isn't exactly at the North Pole; it is about 1/2 degree off.)
Latitude and longitude of the north star?
there is no latitude or longitude of north star it just have altitudeand if u are in NH u can find your latitude if know what is altitude of north Star
What would be the altitude of Polaris the North star for an observer located at 64oN latitude?
The altitude of polaris for an observer is always the same as your latitude so it would be 64oN
What was the disadvantage off using the north star to determine direction?
some time there is a Storm and you can't see the star so that is the disadvantage of using a north star
How do you determine true north without a compass at night?
Look for the North Star or Polaris. It sits right over the North Pole of the Earth. It is the last star in the Little Dipper.
Does the altitude of polaris change?
Yes. Two thousand years ago, the current Polaris was not the North Star. By the end of the 21st Century it will not be above the North Pole.
