float Declination, 1950 0, in radians; units: rad RAH_2000int RA, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: h RAM_2000int RA, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: min RAS_2000real RA, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: s PM_RA_2000float proper motion in RA J2000 0; units: s/yr DecSign_2000char Dec, equinox, epoch J2000 0 DecD_2000int Dec, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: deg DecM_2000int Dec, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: arcmin DecS_2000real Dec, equinox, epoch J2000 0; units: arcsec PM_Dec_2000real proper motion in Dec J2000 0; units: arcsec/yr RA_2000float Right ascension, J2000 0, in radians; units: rad Dec_2000float J2000 0, in radians; units: rad Go back to main index webmaster@ucolick org A Service of the Computing Support Group UCO/Lick Observatory University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Tel: +1 408 459 2630 Fax: +1 408 454 9863
Total number of declinations during the current year Includes all disposals other than through prosecution Counts are based on the number of defendants/suspects covered This field uses DEC in the Referral Detail Files in computing the counts of declinations
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abbreviation of Declination, which along with Right Ascension determines a position on the sky Declination is measured north (+) and south (-) from the celestial equator and specified in degrees and minutes
Acronym for Digital Equipment Corporation, the manufacturer of ALL-IN-1 software and of the VAX or AXP hardware it runs on DEC is being merged with Compaq, who bought it in 1998
(astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
An acronym for Disasters Emergency Committee DEC is the main coordinating body for the largest British charities Members include the British Red Cross, CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas Development), Christian Aid, OXFAM, Save the Children Fund, and War on Want
Digital Equipment Corporation Leading manufacturer of minicomputers (which despite their name, were still at least as big as refrigerators Famous for producing the hugely popular PDP series of computers Although much castigated by computer historians for failing to support Unix in its early days (in favor of its own home-grown operating system VMS), DEC did take an early interest in Linux Today, DEC is a subsidiary of Compaq