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Right Ascension
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
In astronomy, that co-ordinate of a heavenly body defined by the angle which the meridian passing through it makes with the prime meridian through the vertical equinox (see Astronomy).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Right Ascension'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/right-ascension.html. 1910.