Certainly azimuth arcs get smaller as one gets closer to the zenith, so I think it's a formulation of that. It's sort of like the latitude example.
On 6/3/2010 9:36 AM, Friedrich Romstedt wrote: > Maybe it has to do with the fact that at the zenith any difference in > rectascension means essentially no change? > > Friedrich > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet "Science and democracy are based on the rejection "of dogma." -- Dick Taverne, The March of Unreason Web Page:<www.speckledwithstars.net/> _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
