mean noon
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Subtract the R.A. of the Mean Sun at local mean noon from the star's R.A. just found on p.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
The + sign indicates that the real sun reaches the meridian after mean noon; the − sign before mean noon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
No doubt the Greenwich mean noon of January 1 coincides with midnight on the meridian 12 h. from Greenwich, but with what midnight.
The equation of time and the sidereal time of mean noon complete the ephemeris proper.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon
The result will be the distance in sidereal time the star is from your meridian i.e., the time interval from local mean noon expressed in units of sidereal time.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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