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Reading declination in astronomy

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-22 13:35

when declination is written as 45 degrees, 12', 4", how many feet are in a degree? Does ' even mean feet in this case? I'm new with the whole astronomy thing.

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-22 14:34 (sage)

lol americans

' = minute (1/60 of a degree)
" = second (1/60 of a minute)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_of_arc

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