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What angle above the horizon should the sun be on the first day of spring?
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At noon on the equinox (both spring and autumn) the Sun "rises" to 90° minus your latitude.
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Is Altitude defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon?
Almost . . ."Altitude" is the apparent angle of the object above the horizon.
The angle of the star Polaris above the northern horizon can be used to determine an observer's?
... lattitude.... lattitude.... lattitude.... lattitude.
How does the summer solstice occur in the northern hemisphere?
The summer solstice occurs in the northern hemisphere when the sun is at the most acute angle above the horizon. It usually occurs on or about June 21.
What is the angle of Polaris above the horizon at New Orleans Louisiana?
The angle of Polaris above the horizon is the same as the latitude from which you are trying to measure it. Hollywood Florida has a latitude of ~26 degrees, so Polaris is 26 degrees above the northern horizon.
What is the length of the shadow of a person who is 4.75 feet tall the angel of the sun above the horizone is 27.5 degrees?
You are dealing with similar right angle triangles:the top of the shadow, the top of the person and the bottom of the person and shadow form one of themthe top of the shadow, the sun and the horizon form the other.Thus the angle from the top of the shadow to the top of the person is the same as the angle of the sun above the horizon.The trigonometric ratio tan (= opposite_side / adjacent_side) can be used to solve for the length of the shadow:tan angle = height_of_person / length_of_shadowtan 27.5o = 4.75ft / shadowshadow = 4.75ft / tan 27.5o ~= 9.1ft
What is angle measured above the altitude?
Altitude is the angle measured above the horizon.
Altitude is the angle measured above the?
Altitude is the angle measured above the horizon.
Does the sunset on Christmas day in the Antarctic?
No, the sun stays above the horizon for the whole of Christmas day, at an angle of 23.5 degrees above the horizon.
You can measuring the altitude of a star by measuring the angle between your horizon and the star using a?
We would typically use a sextant to measure the angle of a star above the horizon.
Is Altitude defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon?
Almost . . ."Altitude" is the apparent angle of the object above the horizon.
What is the relation between a particular latitude and the angle of polaris above the horizon at that latitude?
whatever latitude you are at, that is the angle to polaris.. and the other way around
What replaced the replaced the astrolabe as a tool for measuring a star's angle at which it appears above the northern horizon?
The sextant.
Is 55 degrees above the horizon very low in the sky - ie very close to the horizon?
If the horizon is on a level line of sight, a vertical line directly above the observer forms an angle of 90 degrees. 55 degrees would be quite high, being above 45 degrees.
How many degrees is the north star above the horizon in seattle?
Seattle's latitude is about 47.6 degrees North. So the altitude of Polaris above the northern horizon is always within about 1/3 degree of that angle as seen from there.
What is the relationship between a particular latitude and the angle of Polaris above the horizon at that latitude?
The angle of Polaris above the northern horizon is very nearly equal to your north latitude, within about 1/3 of a degree. So it's over your head when you stand at the north pole, it sits nominally on your north horizon when you stand anywhere on the equator, and if you're south of the equator, you can never see it at all.
The angle of the star Polaris above the northern horizon can be used to determine an observer's?
... lattitude.... lattitude.... lattitude.... lattitude.
How can you determine your latitude in the northern hemisphere just by using a star?
The angle between the north star and your northern horizon is approximately the same as your latitude north of the equator.
