Position angle
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| definition | The convention for measuring angles on the sky in astronomy (abbreviated as PA). It is the direction of an imaginary arrow in the sky, measured from north through east: 0° = north, 90° = east, 180° = south, and so on to 359° and back to 0°. Applied to a binary system it is the direction of a secondary body or feature from a primary, measured in the system. | ||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | ||||||