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Celestial equator   /səlˈɛstʃəl ɪkwˈeɪtər/   Listen
Celestial equator

noun
1.
The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles.  Synonyms: equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line.






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"Celestial equator" Quotes from Famous Books



... Herschelian labours in this branch. His success, so far, and the extraordinary facilities for observation afforded by the Fraunhofer achromatic encouraged him to undertake, February 11, 1825, a review of the entire heavens down to 15 deg. south of the celestial equator, which occupied more than two years, and yielded, from an examination of above 120,000 stars, a harvest of about 2,200 previously unnoticed composite objects. The ensuing ten years were devoted to delicate and patient measurements, the results of which were embodied in Mensurae Micrometricae, ...
— A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century - Fourth Edition • Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke



Words linked to "Celestial equator" :   equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, great circle



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