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The rotation of the earth gives astronomical objects the appearance of moving across the sky during the course of the night. Objects rise in the is the upper culmination.

The altitude of an object in degrees at its upper culmination is equal to (90 - l + d), where l is the observer's Latitude , and d is the object's Declination .