Assertion: star's distance | /r/HasProperty | measured along the equator
Facets:
value: westward
type: LOCATION
value: between the meridian
type: LOCATION
value: between the hour
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The spherical coordinates of the star are given by (1) the angular distance of the star above or below the equator, which in the figure is given by the arc US, defined previously as the declination, and (2) the angular distance measured along the equator between the meridian and the hour circle through the star.
text: The hour angle of any celestial body may then be defined as the angular distance measured westward along the equator from the meridian of reference to the hour circle through the body.