celestial latitude: see ecliptic latitude.
celestial longitude: see ecliptic longitude.
celestial pole: the points on the Earth's axis where it meets the celestial sphere. The stars appear to rotate around these poles.
Celestial latitude
Angle north or south of the ecliptic to the object.
Celestial longitude
Angle measured eastward along the ecliptic from the vernal equinox to foot of the circle perpendicular to ecliptic and passing through the object.
Celestial latitude, measured in degrees north or south of the celestial equator.
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celestial latitude (NASA SP-7, 1965) Angular distance north or south of the ecliptic; the arc of a circle of latitude between the ecliptic and a point on the celestial sphere, measured northward or southward from the ecliptic through 90°, ...
A circle of the celestial sphere, parallel to the ecliptic, and connecting points of equal celestial latitude. Also called circle of longitude. paramagnetic Having a magnetic permeability greater than unity. parameter 1.
Observations of star positions measured in terms of celestial latitude and longitude, as was customary in antiquity, were carried out by Hipparchus and entered in a catalog--the first star catalog ever to be completed.
The concentric circles the stars trace out are lines of celestial latitude, known as declination. The point on the horizon due East, if the horizon is flat is the celestial equation which has a declination of 0ΒΊ.
celestial co-ordinates that uses the ecliptic as the reference plane and the First Point of Aries as the reference direction. The co-ordinates are given as ecliptic latitude (b) and ecliptic longitude (l). (These are also called celestial latitude ...
 See also: Ecliptic, Solar System, Earth, Solar, Constellation
  
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