Right Ascension and Declination: The Equatorial Coordinate System

Let's talk about celestial coordinates. To look up the right ascension and declination of various objects in the sky, you can search for the object in the database SIMBAD.

0:00 Intro
0:23 Equatorial Coordinate System
1:41 Declination
3:15 Right Ascension
4:55 Summary

Sources:
-American Institute of Physics (https://www.aip.org/sites/default/fil...)
-The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, PennState (https://www.e-education.psu.edu/eme81...)
-Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/to...)
-Prof. Michel van Biezen (http://www.ilectureonline.com/lecture...)
-Hong Kong Observatory (https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/gts/astrono...)
-SIMBAD (http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/)