Finding the angle between two points given their Azimuth and Elevation angles

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I have two points in the sky and I have their coordinates in Azimuth and Elevation angles with respect to position O. I want to find the scalar angle between the two points w.r.t. position O. Thank you so much for your help!










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          The simplest is to convert from spherical to Cartesian coordinates and take the dot product (cosine of the angle).



          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system#Cartesian_coordinates






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            The simplest is to convert from spherical to Cartesian coordinates and take the dot product (cosine of the angle).



            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system#Cartesian_coordinates






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              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system#Cartesian_coordinates






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                The simplest is to convert from spherical to Cartesian coordinates and take the dot product (cosine of the angle).



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                The simplest is to convert from spherical to Cartesian coordinates and take the dot product (cosine of the angle).



                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system#Cartesian_coordinates







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