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The star is one and half degree away from thecelestialequatorto the south.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The project was divided into sections or zones by circles parallel to thecelestialequator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some house systems divide thecelestialequatorand the prime vertical instead of the ecliptic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of thecelestialequator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the sun appears north of thecelestialequatorit has a positive declination, in the south it has a negative declination.
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Declination is defined as the position of the sun at noon (solar time) north and south of thecelestialequator(measured in degrees).
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Degrees (and therefore arcminutes) are used to measure declination, or angular distance north or south of thecelestialequator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These include thecelestialequator, axis, and the orbit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Objects near thecelestialequatorcan only be tracked for about an hour, but objects nearer the zenith can be tracked for longer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This instrument is mainly used to find out the declination of any celestial body from thecelestialequatortowards the north or the south.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For an object with an eccentric orbit but no axial tilt, the analemma would be a straight east-west line along thecelestialequator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then it was close to the ideal positions near at thecelestialequatorof the sky coordinates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Similar to the terrestrial longitude and latitude, the equatorial system of right ascension and declination specifies positions relative to thecelestialequatorand celestial poles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From the north pole, all constellations north of thecelestialequatorare circumpolar constellations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the poles, though, thecelestialequatorwould be parallel to the horizon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the equator is projected outward to the celestial sphere, forming thecelestialequator, it crosses the ecliptic at two points known as the equinoxes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vernal equinox point is one of the two where the ecliptic intersects thecelestialequator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Consequently, it also contains the horizon's north and south points and it is perpendicular to thecelestialequatorand the celestial horizon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is only one of two stars with ancient proper names to lie within a degree of thecelestialequator.
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