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"Celestial globe"
Keywords:
globe
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heavens
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sphere
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stars
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constellations
Related Terms:
Celestial equator
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Celestial poles
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Armillary sphere
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Celestial pole
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Celestial sphere
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Hour circle
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Circumpolar
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North celestial pole
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Declination
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South celestial pole
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Arctic circle
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Antarctic circle
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Tropic of cancer
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Equator
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Celestial coordinates
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Right ascension
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Tropic
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Tropic of capricorn
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Contraparallel
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Hour angle
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Equinoctial
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Hemisphere
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Culmination
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Antarctic
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Pole star
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Horizon
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Vernal equinox
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Parallel of latitude
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Small circle
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South pole
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Ascending node
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Zenith
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Polaris
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North pole
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Tropics
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Astrolabe
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Descending node
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Southern hemisphere
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Northern hemisphere
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Autumnal equinox
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Meridian
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Polar axis
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Equatorial
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Great circle
,
Polar orbit
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Pole
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Setting circles
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Latitude
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Cardinal direction
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Prime vertical
A globe showing the relative positions of stars.
cseligman.com
a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
wordnet.princeton.edu
a model of the celestial sphere celestial sphere, imaginary sphere of infinite radius with the earth at its center
columbia.thefreedictionary.com
globe marked with the positions of the stars.
mhs.ox.ac.uk
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.
nmm.ac.uk
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