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I am trying to find the declination at the horizon in the east at a particular latitude.
The equation is:
delta = asin(sin(lat)*sin(Alt) - cos(lat)*cos(Alt)*cos(Azi))
where Azi is the azimuth and is equal to 90 degrees in the eastern most direction.
Alt is the Altitude and is equal to 0 degrees at the horizon.
From this equation delta is always equal to 0 but intuitively the horizon plane changes with the latitude.
Could this equation be misinterpreted?
The equation is:
delta = asin(sin(lat)*sin(Alt) - cos(lat)*cos(Alt)*cos(Azi))
where Azi is the azimuth and is equal to 90 degrees in the eastern most direction.
Alt is the Altitude and is equal to 0 degrees at the horizon.
From this equation delta is always equal to 0 but intuitively the horizon plane changes with the latitude.
Could this equation be misinterpreted?
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