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Cartographic 3.3D2

Rule
3.3D2

Revise second and third paragraphs to read:

Follow the right ascension by the hours and, when necessary, minutes and seconds of the twenty-four-hour clock.

Follow the declination by the degrees (º) and, when necessary, the minutes (´) and seconds (´´) of the sexagesimal system (360º circle) using a plus sign for the northern hemisphere and a minus sign for the southern hemisphere.

Revise the second sentence of the fifth paragraph to read

Give the year of the equinox and precede the statement with a semi-colon.

Revise examples to read:

(Right ascension 16 hr., 30 min. to 19 hr., 30 min./Declination -16º to 49º; equinox 1950, epoch 1948.5)


(Right ascension 16 hr./Declination -23º ; equinox 1950)

(Right ascension 2 hr./Declination +30º ; equinox 1950)

(Right ascension 2 hr., 00 min. to 2 hr., 30 min./Declination -30º to -45º ; equinox 1950)


(Centered at South Pole/Declination limit -60º)


(Zones +90º to 81º, +81º to +63º, +63º to 45º ; equinox 1950)


(Zones +90º to 81º, +81º to +63º, … -81º to -90º ; equinox 1950)