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What is the latitude between the horizon and the north star if the angle is 39 degrees?
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The answer depends on which angle is 39 degrees.
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What is the altitude of polaris if you are at an angle of 66.5 degrees from the Horizon?
66.5 degrees
How do you find the angle of the altitude of Polaris?
The angle of the altitude of Polaris is equal to the observer's latitude. However, this is only true if you are in the Northern Hemisphere. For example, at the North Pole it is directly overhead and at the equator it is on the horizon and at 45 degrees North it is 45 degrees above you.
What angle is 98 degrees?
angle between 90 and 180 degrees is A obtuse angle
What is angle of the noon sun at latitude 35 degrees N on Dec 212017?
It is 58.4 degrees.
What angle is between 90 and 180?
An angle that is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees is called an obtuse angle. Ex. : 175 degrees, 140 degrees.
Why does the equator represent zero degrees latitude?
I believe it dates back to when the North Star was used to find latitude by ancient sailors. Degrees latitude was found by the angle between the North Star and the horizon. Since the North Star sits on the horizon at the equator the angle is zero therefore latitude is zero degrees.
If the angle between Polaris and the horizon is 40 degress what is your approximate latitude?
The latitude would also be approximately 40 degrees in this case.
What is the relationship between the position of the north star and latitude?
The angle between the north star and the horizon is roughly your position in degrees latitude.For example, look at the North Star and point one arm straight at it, and then hold your other arm level with the horizon. The angle between your arms is roughly the degrees of latitude of your location.
From the horizon to the observer's zenith is an angle of?
30 degrees for observers at a latitude of 30 degrees north
How are the altitude of polaris and latitude of an observer related?
angle it makes with respect to horizon is equal to observers latitude. i.e. Philadelphia latitude 40 degrees so Polaris 40 degrees above horizon
What is the relation between a particular latitude and the angle of polaris above the horizon at that latitude?
whatever latitude you are at, that is the angle to polaris.. and the other way around
What is the angle between the northern horizon and the North star Polaris if your latitude is 75 degrees north?
The North star will be 75 degrees above the horizon. Whatever degree you are at latitude, the North star will be the same degrees up. So at the north pole (90 degrees north), the star will be at the zenith (straight up). While at the equator (0 degrees north) the star will be at the horizon.
What does latitude measure?
Latitude measure North to South. This is a much more appropriate answer. Latitude measures the angle between your horizon and a polar star. Which in turn provides a measurement in degrees north or south of the Equator.
How many degrees below the horizon does the sun go at night on the winter solstice at latitude 57 degrees north?
On the winter solstice at a latitude of 57 degrees north, the sun will be about 33 degrees below the horizon at night. This is because the tilt of the Earth causes the sun to not rise above a certain angle during the winter months at this latitude.
How the latitude of an observer may be determined by observation of the pole star?
The angle between the Pole Star and the horizon is equal to your latitude.
How can you determine your latitude in the northern hemisphere just by using a star?
The angle between the north star and your northern horizon is approximately the same as your latitude north of the equator.
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
I think you mean the 'North Star' ; note the spelling ; NOT 'Start'. It also goes by the name of 'Pole Star' and 'Polaris'. When directly above (90 degrees) you are at the North Pole. When its angle of elevation above the horizon is 89 degrees. you are at latitude of 89 degrees. When you are at latitude 49 degrees (49th parallel), it is 49 degrees above the horizon. When you are at the Equator ( latitude 0 degrees) it is on the horizon. However, you probably cannot see it at this latitude because dust dirt particles in the air. South of the Equator you cannot see it , as it is below the horizon. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no corresponding pole star. Navigators use the constellation named the 'Southern Cross', in order to determine latitude.
