Assertion: celestial sphere's star | /r/CapableOf | attain maximum altitude
Facets:
value: above the horizon
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Stars farther from the pole rise, attain a maximum altitude above the horizon (when they are said to transit , or cross the meridian , a north-south line through the zenith) and then set below the horizon.
text: In figure above, the hour angle of the star X is given by the angle Z-NCP-X. Note that all stars attain their maximum altitude above the horizon when they transit (or attain upper culmination on, in the case of circumpolar stars) the observers meridian.