Celestial Poles

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4514. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The points on the celestial sphere at which the projected axis of the Earth intersects the sphere. The north celestial pole is thus vertically above the terrestrial north pole, and the south celestial pole vertically above the south terrestrial pole. The altitude of the north celestial pole is equal to the latitude of an observer on the Earth's surface, and since there is a star (Polaris, the Pol...

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