The Firmament of Odysseus : Musings on the Precession of Equinoxes

This paper introduces the precession of the equinoxes in an elementary way and presents a formula for calculating the angle between the star Polaris and the Celestial North Pole over the years.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zampieri, Gaetano
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/294285
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Summary:This paper introduces the precession of the equinoxes in an elementary way and presents a formula for calculating the angle between the star Polaris and the Celestial North Pole over the years.