The zenith (UK: /ˈzɛnɪθ/, US: /ˈziːnɪθ/) is the imaginary point on the celestial sphere directly "above" a particular location. "Above" means in the vertical...
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Murchison Promontory (redirect from Zenith Point)
Nunavut, its northernmost point, Zenith Point, is located at 72°00′N 94°39′W / 72.000°N 94.650°W / 72.000; -94.650 (Zenith Point). The nearest community...
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point of the Canadian mainland is Zenith Point on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut 72°00′07″N 94°39′18″W / 72.002°N 94.655°W / 72.002; -94.655 (Zenith Point...
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The solar zenith angle is the zenith angle of the sun, i.e., the angle between the sun’s rays and the vertical direction. It is the complement to the solar...
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Look up zenith in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The zenith is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. Zenith or Zénith may also...
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point of the Canadian mainland is Zenith Point on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut 72°00′07″N 94°39′18″W / 72.002°N 94.655°W / 72.002; -94.655 (Zenith Point...
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zenith. Electronic levels (tilt sensors) serve as a means to point the lens towards zenith. Zenith cameras are generally mounted on a turnable platform to...
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A zenith telescope is a type of telescope that is designed to point straight up at or near the zenith. They are used for precision measurement of star...
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Zenith Data Systems Corporation (ZDS) was an American computer systems manufacturing company active from 1979 to 1996. It was originally a division of...
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northernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the northernmost point under the control of a nation is listed. Israel claims that a point at 33°21′...
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to a horizontal flat surface. The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith. Since the concept of being below is itself somewhat vague, scientists define...
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precisely, fix a point z ∈ S 2 ( 1 ) {\displaystyle \mathbf {z} \in S^{2}(1)} that we place at the zenith. Associated to that zenith is a geodesic polar...
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Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel and is one of the...
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equator, and is the closest named crater to the antipode of the Earth zenith point by 70 kilometers. That is, it lies in the region of the Moon that on...
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up Franklin Strait and through the narrow Bellot Strait, adjacent to Zenith Point, the most northerly extension of North America. It explored Beechy Island...
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Meridian circle (section Zenith telescopes)
allow pointing only in the meridian, the great circle through the north point of the horizon, the north celestial pole, the zenith, the south point of the...
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The Higher Christian Life, which was published in 1858, which was a zenith point in Holiness activity prior to a lull brought on by the American Civil...
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United States Military Academy (redirect from West Point)
computer to every member of the class at the beginning of Plebe year, the Zenith 248 SX. The academy was also an early adopter of the Internet in the mid-1990s...
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method of determining the position of the horizontal or zenith point on the limb of a circle or zenith sector. Its principle is the invariability, with respect...
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HMS Zenith has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to: Zenith, a drifter considered for service but acquisition...
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The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), also known as Michibiki (みちびき), is a four-satellite regional satellite navigation system and a satellite-based...
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Although the reign of Emperor Xuanzong (r. 712–756) is seen as the zenith point of the Tang dynasty, it was during the last years of his reign that one...
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fixed point of origin is also called the radius, or radial line, or radial coordinate. The polar angle may be called inclination angle, zenith angle,...
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through a celestial object and the zenith, and the hour circle of the object. It is usually denoted q. In the triangle zenith—object—celestial pole, the parallactic...
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The SupersPort is a line of PC-compatible laptops manufactured by Zenith Data Systems and sold from 1988 to 1993. The first two main entries in the SupersPort...
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although they can point in any direction, cannot track smoothly within a "zenith blind spot", commonly 0.5 or 0.75 degrees from the zenith. (i.e. at elevations...
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Trans-Oceanic (redirect from Zenith Trans-Oceanic)
1981 by Zenith Radio. They were characterized by heavy-duty, high-quality construction and their performance as shortwave receivers. Zenith's founder...
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The subsolar point on a planet is the point at which its Sun is perceived to be directly overhead (at the zenith); that is, where the Sun's rays strike...
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Zenith is a live album by the Sam Rivers Quintet, led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Rivers, and featuring tubist and euphonium player Joe Daley...
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pointing at the zenith. Thus, the spherical triangle is defined not only by the three points located at the Sun, zenith, and observed point but by both the...
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