right ascension
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right ascension
noun right ascensions
- The angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude. The sun's right ascension in time is useful to the practical astronomer in regular observatories, who adjusts his clock by sidereal time.
