Term: right ascension: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: control: a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: emphasis: special importance or significance
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: halcyon: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: joss stick: a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: note payable: a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: detritus: loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: haemanthus: genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: chine: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: bombycillidae: a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
Broader: angular distance: the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer | Unrelated: malpighian body: the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron