 Hour angle (source code)

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= Hour angle
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The <hour angle> of a direction is the westward <angle> from the upper <celestial meridian> to its hour circle. In a consistent equinox convention, $h=\mathrm{LST}-\alpha$ modulo one turn, where $\alpha$ is <right ascension> and LST is local <sidereal time>.

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