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Am I correct in thinking that LHA (local hour angle) is 0 at upper culmination, 90 at west elongation, 180 at lower culmination and 270 at east elongation?
Posted : July 30, 2012 7:13 pm
Short answer, NO you are not correct. Even for a close circumpolar star like polaris the hour angle for eastern or western elongation is not 90 degrees.
- jlw
Posted : July 30, 2012 9:28 pm
Of course upper and lower culmination do occur at (local sidereal hour angle) of 0 and 180 it is only elongation that I was referring to.
Posted : July 30, 2012 9:31 pm
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ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
Posted : July 31, 2012 1:35 pm
