polar distance
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It is, in fact, the north polar distance of the star, or the complement of its declination.
The latitude is found by further increasing or diminishing this altitude by the polar distance of the star.
Instead of it is frequently used the complementary angle ZOP, known as the polar distance of the body.
Since ZOQ is a right angle, it follows that the sum of the polar distance and the latitudinal co-ordinates is always 90.
The angle through the celestial pole, between these two positions, is double the polar distance.
British Dictionary definitions for polar distance
the angular distance of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial pole; the complement of the declination: Also called: codeclination
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