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First Point of Aries vs. March equinox

The article says "In astronomy, the March equinox is the zero point of sidereal time and, consequently, right ascension." Shouldn't this be the First Point of Aries (sometimes called the vernal equinox)? The (J200) RA of the Sun is 0 at 23:58:8 GMT on 20/3/2022 according to Stellarium, not 15:33 UT. The First Point of Aries is the historical position of the March equinox.Yodo9000 (talk) 09:35, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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+== First Point of Aries vs. March equinox ==
+The article says "In astronomy, the March equinox is the zero point of sidereal time and, consequently, right ascension." Shouldn't this be the [[First Point of Aries]] (sometimes called the vernal equinox)? The (J200) RA of the Sun is 0 at 23:58:8 GMT on 20/3/2022 according to Stellarium, not 15:33 UT. The First Point of Aries is the historical position of the March equinox.[[User:Yodo9000|Yodo9000]] ([[User talk:Yodo9000|talk]]) 09:35, 27 May 2022 (UTC)