‘PROBLEMS. u or mavFtH; sin At, and also anata, or Maton 2 y These values of mand M are alwrayf real and possible, whatever be the values or signs of a and y; hence there are some real values of m and M which will satisfy ($1) and 2). 87. Problem. —Given tho right ascension and declination of a body, and the obliquity of the ecliptic, to find the celestial longitude ‘and latitude of the body. Let HPER, Fig. 4, be that position of the meri- dian which coincides with tho solstitial eolure, andy ‘which is therefore perpen- dicular to both the equa- tor, EQ, and the ecliptic, OV. The vernal equinox Vis then in the horizon, PY is the oquinoctial colure, and the ares OV, EV, and QV are quadrants, Let E’bo the pole of the ecliptic; then in the triangle KPS, obliquity of ecliptic; V+ VM = 9 +0; angle PES = are CL = 0V— VL =90° —L. 38. In the first equations of (1), (2), and (8), making A=W 40, B=W—L, a= WL b= 90" wwe obtain the following: Boome, Google12 SPHERICAL PROBLEMS, 08 1008 Lx 008 8 008.2 (8) sinl=sin8cose—cosSsinwsina (89) cosTsin Z=sinwsin8-+cos woos 8sina (40) In order to put these equations in a form adapted to logarithms, make sin 83m sin M (aly 008 sina =m cos Mf @) 8) 1m (cos A cos w + sin Bf sin w) =m00s (M—w) “) Dividing (41) by (42), Co) but by (42), whence tan J, = nes +) (46) Dividing (43) by (44), 81 en tw, whenoo tan T=sin Ltan (M—s) an ‘Equations (45), (46), and (47) solvo the problem. Google