Object’s angular altitude in upper culmination

In observational astronomy, culmination is the passage of a celestial object across the observer’s local meridian. An object’s angular altitude in degrees at its upper culmination is equal to 90 minus the observer’s latitude plus the object’s declination.

Conditions:

1. The object is at its upper culmination.

Links:

1. Wikipedia.

altitude

altitude of the object.

Symbol:

h

Latex:

\(h\)

Dimension:

angle

latitude

latitude of the object.

Symbol:

phi

Latex:

\(\phi\)

Dimension:

angle

declination

declination of the object.

Symbol:

delta

Latex:

\(\delta\)

Dimension:

angle

ninety_degrees

A \(90^\circ\) angle.

Symbol:

90_deg

Latex:

\(90^\circ\)

Dimension:

dimensionless

law

h = 90_deg - phi + delta

Latex:

\[h = 90^\circ - \phi + \delta\]