The correct term is "zenith angle." It is the angle measured from the vertical direction (zenith) to the point directly above an observer. It is used to determine the position of an object in the sky relative to the observer's horizon.
An object seen halfway between the horizon and the zenith has an altitude of 45 degrees.An object seen due east of the observer has an azimuth of 90 degrees.
The true zenith distance is the angular distance between a celestial object and the observer's zenith, measured along the observer's vertical circle. The meridional zenith distance is the true zenith distance measured along the observer's meridian.
Altitude of a celestial body is the angular distance between the horizon and the body when viewed from a specific location on Earth. It is measured in degrees and ranges from 0Β° at the horizon to 90Β° at the zenith, directly overhead.
The great circle passing through these points is called the meridian. It is an imaginary line that runs from the north celestial pole to the south celestial pole, passing through the zenith (overhead point) and intersecting the horizon at the north and south points.
The correct term is "zenith angle." It is the angle measured from the vertical direction (zenith) to the point directly above an observer. It is used to determine the position of an object in the sky relative to the observer's horizon.
An object seen halfway between the horizon and the zenith has an altitude of 45 degrees.An object seen due east of the observer has an azimuth of 90 degrees.
It is approximately 3 moon diameters from the horizon to the zenith.
At the time of the southern hemisphere's winter solstice, the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, which circles Earth at 23.44° north latitude. So at 6° south latitude the sun appears 29.44° from the zenith (a location's zenith is directly overhead). Since there are 90° between the zenith and the horizon, the angle for which you are looking is the difference between 90° and 29.44°, 60.56°.
In astronomy zenith (the point in the sky exactly above you) is the point most distant from the horizon. As a horizon defines how far down the sky you can look, zenith defines how high up you can look.
The highest point. It is used especially about the position of the sun; when the sun is at its zenith, it is as far from the horizon as it gets. At the equator, when the sun is at the zenith, it is right overhead.
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The true zenith distance is the angular distance between a celestial object and the observer's zenith, measured along the observer's vertical circle. The meridional zenith distance is the true zenith distance measured along the observer's meridian.
90 degrees above the horizon (the zenith).
Altitude of a celestial body is the angular distance between the horizon and the body when viewed from a specific location on Earth. It is measured in degrees and ranges from 0Β° at the horizon to 90Β° at the zenith, directly overhead.
30 degrees for observers at a latitude of 30 degrees north
The angle between the zenith and North celestial pole at a latitude of 37 degrees is equal to 53 degrees. This is because the North celestial pole is located at an altitude above the horizon that is equal to your latitude. Subtracting this from 90 degrees (the angle between the zenith and the horizon) gives you 90 - 37 = 53 degrees.