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Keywords: Globe, Heavens, Sphere, Stars, Constellations

Related Terms: Astrolabe, Zenith, Antarctic, Circumpolar, Culmination, Declination, Equator, Equinoctial, Hemisphere, Horizon, Latitude, Meridian, Polaris, Pole , Tropic, Right Ascension, Arctic Circle, Great Circle, Celestial Sphere, Contraparallel, Polar Orbit, North Pole, Antarctic Circle, Autumnal Equinox, Hour Angle, Tropic Of Cancer, Tropic Of Capricorn, Celestial Equator, Prime Vertical, Vernal Equinox, Celestial Poles, Tropics, Celestial Pole, Ascending Node, Descending Node, Polar Axis, Setting Circles, South Pole, Small Circle, Parallel Of Latitude, Celestial Coordinates, Cardinal Direction, North Celestial Pole, South Celestial Pole, Hour Circle, Southern Hemisphere, Armillary Sphere, Pole Star, Equatorial, Northern Hemisphere

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A globe showing the relative positions of stars.

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a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens

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a model of the celestial sphere celestial sphere, imaginary sphere of infinite radius with the earth at its center

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globe marked with the positions of the stars.

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A special type of globe that represents the sky rather than the Earth. It shows the positions of the constellations of stars on the sphere of the heavens that surrounds the Earth.

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