Hello,

I am trying to learn to use Dec. and R.A. to locate objects. The manual
for my telescope (meade 4500 with equatorial mount) defines R.A. as 24
lines along the celestial equator, numbered 0-23 and separated by 15
degrees. It says "...R.A... is measured in hours, minutes, and seconds
from an arbitrarily defined 'zero' line of R.A. passing through the
constellation Pegasus."

The manual also says the celestial objects move from East to West along
"their line of Right Ascension."

My question then is, if the stars are moving along the line of R.A.,
then wouldn't the value for R.A. depend on where you were observing from
and the local time?

Or is 'zero' always passing through Pegasus, and the values for R.A.
move along with the celestial objects that map to them?

I think I must have misread/understood something somewhere...


Thank You,

Josh