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30 June 2010 6:24
Gordon Dunsire (ifla)
7 August 2015 17:03
Gordon Dunsire (ifla)

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has right ascension and declination
hasRightAscensionAndDeclination
 
Relates a resource that is cartographic to its right ascension (the angular distance measured eastward on the Equator from the vernal equinox to the hour circle through the celestial body, from 0 to 24 hours), and declination (the angular distance to a body on the celestial sphere measured north or south through 90 degrees from the celestial equator along the hour circle of the body; comparable to latitude on the terrestrial sphere).
 
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Applies also to celestial charts.