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of Earth's axis with rates of 50 arcseconds and 2 arcseconds respectively, per year;
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Apparent angular position of any star in the sky; point on the celestial sphere
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as seen from the moving Earth. Usually the mean places refer to a special
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and Tycho catalogue (110.000 and 2 million stars by space astrometry).
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coordinates of numerous stars are collected in catalogues like the
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and very precise coordinates of 1000-3000 stars are collected in
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The first and second effects are considered by so-called
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catalogue (USA 1966, 250.000 astrometric stars) or the
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The following factors change star positions over time:
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equatorial coordinate system
celestial sphere
angular position
star
sky
fixed
arbitrary sphere
Earth
angular coordinates
celestial equator
right ascension
declination
equatorial coordinate system
degrees
celestial pole
hour angles
star transits
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