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El ángulo en el polo se forma entre el semicírculo horario del astro y el meridiano del observador y es referido siempre a:The meridian angle forms between the body’s hour circle and the observer’s meridian, and is always referred to:

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Correct answer: a) The observer’s elevated pole.

Why it is correct

Its vertex is always at the elevated pole.

Why the others are not

  • b) East or west depends on where the body is.
  • c) It is not the depressed pole.
  • d) It is an angle at the pole.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Meridian angle: elevated pole.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Sight reduction

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