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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 is angle of the noon sun at latitude 35 degrees N on Dec 212017?
It is 58.4 degrees.
What navigational instruments measure the angle of a star to the horizon?
A SEXTANT. It is an instrument of two mirrors, where the angle can be adjusted. The observer puts his eye to the eye glass, to see the two mirros. He first observes the given star, through one glass. Then adjusts the angle so he can see the horizon through the other glass. So he is seeing both the given star and the horizon. The given angle between the two mirrors will be used to estimate the latitude for navigational purposes. If the SUN is used as the observational star, then 1; a darkened mirror is used , to avoid blindness, and 2 ; the angle measured is the latitude.
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.
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 a particular latitude and the angle of Polaris above the horizon at that latitude?
The angle of Polaris above the northern horizon is very nearly equal to your north latitude, within about 1/3 of a degree. So it's over your head when you stand at the north pole, it sits nominally on your north horizon when you stand anywhere on the equator, and if you're south of the equator, you can never see it at all.
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.
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.
From the horizon to the observer's zenith is an angle of?
30 degrees for observers at a latitude of 30 degrees north
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
How can you determine your latitude in the northern hemisphere just by using a star?
To determine your latitude in the northern hemisphere using a star, measure the angle between the horizon and the star using a sextant. This angle is called the star's altitude. If you know the star's declination (which is constant), subtract it from 90 degrees minus the star's altitude to find your latitude.
What is the angle between the zenith and North celestial pole if you are at 37 degrees latitude?
If your latitude is 39 degrees north, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees above your northern horizon.If your latitude is 39 degrees south, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees below your northern horizon.
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 you look up at the north star and it is off the horizon 29degree's what is your latitude?
If the star Polaris is 29 degrees above the horizon, then your latitude is about 29 degrees North.Polaris is not exactly above the North Pole, but it is only about one-half degree away from that.
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
The angle between the horizon and the north star is roughly equal to the observer's North latitude ... always within about 2/3 of a degree. This only works for locations north of the equator. The north star isn't visible at all from places south of the equator.
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.
