Galactic Latitude

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4552.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4552. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The angular distance between the galactic equator and celestial body, measured perpendicular to the galactic equator, and taking values between 0 and 90°. It is denoted by bII to signify that the value of galactic latitude relates to the galactic equator defined in 1959 by the International Astronomical Union by reference to the centerline of the Milky Way defined by radio observations of neutral...

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