Galactic Longitude

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4553.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4553. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The angular distance between the direction of the galactic center and the point on the galactic equator perpendicularly below (or above) a celestial body; it is measured in an anticlockwise direction, and takes values between 0 and 360°. Galactic longitude is denoted by lII to signify that it is referred to the position of zero longitude agreed in 1959 by the International Astronomical Union (and...

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