Question

Questions of changing degrees into minutes

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Any units of angular measure could have been chosen for right ascension, but it is customarily measured in hours ( h ), minutes ( m ), and seconds ( s ), with 24h being equivalent to a full circle. Astronomers have chosen this unit to measure right ascension because they measure a star's location by timing its passage through the highest point in the sky as the Earth rotates.

As there are 6060 minutes in an hour, we also have 1∘=4m1∘=4m. From this, and the fact that we know that both the Sun and the Moon cover about half a degree in the sky, we can deduce that it takes about two minutes for the Sun to set or the Full Moon to rise (or vice versa).

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Follow these steps to convert decimal degrees to DMS :

For the degrees use the whole number part of the decimal.

For the minutes multiply the remaining decimal by 60. Use the whole number part of the answer as minutes.

For the seconds multiply the new remaining decimal by 60.