CALCULATING THE ANGULAR DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS

 
α1
δ1
 h m s   o ' " 
 o   o 
 rad   rad 
 
 
α2
δ2
 h m s   o ' " 
 o   o 
 rad   rad 
 

DISTANCE

  o  '  "      =     o      =     rad
 

DISTANCE = arccos(sin(δ1)*sin(δ2)+ cos(δ1)*cos(δ2)*cos(α1 - α2))

Fill in the necessary fields and hit "CALCULATE". Coordinates of the second point are being read independently of those for the first point and can be entered in a different form. After performing the operation the values from all windows are stored in memory and data for the following calculation will be read from the fields with modified values. Second lines (o representation) are being checked first followed by third lines (radians) and finally the first lines (h:m:s o ' ").
"-" sign for δ in o ' " forms (first line) should be placed in the o field, even in case of -1o < δ < 0o when the value of degree is equal to "0" so that "-" won't be lost.



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