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C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) (272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

emerged from its remote home spending most of its time near the south celestial pole. This comet was discovered on August 24, 2001 by the Near-Earth Asteroid

Ziwei enclosure (56 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Enclosures. Stars and constellations of this group lie near the north celestial pole and are visible all year from temperate latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere

Junonalia (260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attributed to Claudian. In it, Juno is addressed as mistress of the celestial pole, and the spouse and sister of the king of heaven. Her function as a

Magellanic Clouds (3,310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

is] opposite our north [celestial] pole, in order to know in what place and degree [of latitude] the south [celestial] pole was, we [measured our position

Hydrus (3,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

8-magnitude Beta Hydri, also the closest reasonably bright star to the south celestial pole. Pulsating between magnitude 3.26 and 3.33, Gamma Hydri is a variable

HR 4102 (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

within 24.3 ly (7.46 pc) of the Sun. In the next 7500 years, the south Celestial pole will pass close to this star and Omega Carinae (5800 CE). Gray et al

Gamma1 Octantis (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

yellow-hued star in the constellation which includes the southern celestial pole, Octans. Its apparent visual magnitude is 5.10, meaning that in good

Upsilon Carinae (542 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is roughly 12 million years old. In the next 7500 years, the south Celestial pole will pass close to these stars and Iota Carinae (8100 CE). van Leeuwen

Carina (constellation) (2,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

4700 the south celestial pole will be in Carina. Three bright stars in Carina will come within 1 degree of the southern celestial pole and take turns

L'Étoile du Nord (367 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

important for navigation, because Polaris is the star closest to the North Celestial Pole. The motto and eight-pointed star can be seen throughout the state capitol

Planisphere (1,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the celestial pole in question will be less than they deserve. For observers at moderate latitudes, who can see the sky near the celestial pole of their

Maen Llia (614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

qualify as an horizontal sundial. This slope points directly to the North celestial pole. Curiously, this is much the same angle that can be found on the side

Maen Llia (614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

qualify as an horizontal sundial. This slope points directly to the North celestial pole. Curiously, this is much the same angle that can be found on the side

GoTo (telescopes) (828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

user must align the mount by hand with either the north celestial pole or the south celestial pole. Assuming the user is accurate in the alignment, the mount

Eta Trianguli Australis (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bayer designation as they were closer than 25 degrees to the south celestial pole. The second Eta is now designated as HD 150550. This star is faintly

Navigational triangle (393 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

composed of three reference points on the celestial sphere: P is the Celestial Pole (either North or South). It is a fixed point. Z is the observer's zenith

Epsilon Chamaeleontis (1,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

southern constellations of Musca, Chamaeleon and Octans holding the south celestial pole. Fabricius, C.; Høg, E.; Makarov, V. V.; Mason, B. D.; Wycoff, G. L

Integrated Flux Nebula (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

north and south celestial poles. The vast nebula close to the south celestial pole is MW9, commonly known as the South Celestial Serpent. Integrated flux

UGC 9391 (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This galaxy resides 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco near the north celestial pole.

Crux (5,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sky, which included a rather crude map of the stars around the south celestial pole including the Southern Cross and the two Magellanic Clouds seen in an

Constellation family (1,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

all lie north of the ecliptic. The group reaches from near the north celestial pole to declination −30°. The Hercules Family is a group of constellations

Sirius (10,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In that year, Sirius will come to within 1.6 degrees of the south celestial pole. This is due to axial precession and proper motion of Sirius itself

La Silla Observatory (3,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in its vicinity is the ALMA site. Stars rotate around the southern celestial pole during a night at La Silla Jupiter (top), Venus (left), and Mercury

Omega Carinae (696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the line of sight from the Earth. In the next 7500 years, the south Celestial pole will pass close to this star (AD 5800) and then I Carinae. In Chinese

Ursa Minor in Chinese astronomy (149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tiānhuángdàdì Great emperor of heaven 大帝 Dàdì Great emperor 天极 Tiānjí Celestial pole 大恒 Dàhéng The big and permanent (star) 太恒 Tàihéng The great and permanent

Equinox (celestial coordinates) (1,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Earth's rotational North pole does not point quite at the J2000 celestial pole at the epoch J2000.0; the true pole of epoch nutates away from the mean

U Cephei (328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is one of the brightest eclipsing binaries. Located near the north celestial pole, it can be monitored continuously with a 60 millimeter telescope. The

Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Milky Way This image shows stars appearing to “trail” around the south celestial pole (at the center of the circles) above the Southern Astrophysical Research

Equatorial mount (1,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it does not allow the telescope to point too near the north or south celestial pole. The horseshoe mount overcomes the design disadvantage of English or

Iota Herculis (837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the precession. Vega is the brightest star near the bottom, Iota Herculis is to the right near

Equatorial coordinate system (1,657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

positive to the north, negative to the south. For example, the north celestial pole has a declination of +90°. The origin for declination is the celestial

National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recorded. The survey was originally meant to cover the sky from the north celestial pole to -24° declination. This figure specifies the position of the plate

Zeta Draconis (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Zeta Draconis. The north ecliptic pole almost coincides with the south celestial pole of Venus; Zeta Draconis is also the north pole star of Jupiter. van

Petrus Plancius (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronomical observations to fill in the blank area around the south celestial pole on European maps of the southern sky. Keyser died in Java the following

Nebula (2,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

north and south celestial poles. The vast nebula close to the south celestial pole is MW9, commonly known as the South Celestial Serpent. Most nebulae

Cepheus (constellation) (2,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

has the distinction of being the closest open cluster to the north celestial pole, as well as one of the oldest-known open clusters. NGC 6946 is a spiral

HNSKY (157 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

HNSKY HNSKY screenshot centered on the South Celestial Pole (SCP) Developer(s) Han Kleijn Stable release 4.3.2 (Microsoft Windows); 4.3.2b (Linux 64);

Proper motion (2,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the poles, cosδ, being zero for a hypothetical object fixed at a celestial pole in declination. Thus, a co-efficient is given to negate the misleadingly

Precession (2,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in relation to the distant stars (middle), and the path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the precession. Vega is the bright star near

Barn door tracker (751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

camera to be pointed in any direction. The hinge is aligned with a celestial pole and the boards are then driven apart (or together) at a constant rate

Tau Herculis (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the precession.

Reticle (1,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reticle that indicates the position of Polaris relative to the north celestial pole. Telescopes that are used for very precise measurements would have a

Thuban (1,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pole by 10,000 AD, Thuban will gradually move back toward the north celestial pole. In 20,346 AD, it will again be the pole star, that year reaching a

History of sundials (2,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

winter and longer in summer. Sundials with gnomons oriented towards the celestial pole are able to exploit the fact that the markings for the equinoctial hours

Apus (3,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1603 Uranometria, showing the constellations Apus, Chamaeleon, Musca (as "Apis", the Bee), and Triangulum Australe, as well as the South celestial pole.

Cross (2,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1997) or the cardinal points, or the unity of a vertical axis mundi or celestial pole with the horizontal world (Koch, 1955). Speculation of this kind became

Kamal (navigation) (810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

before the 16th century. Because Polaris is currently close to the celestial pole, its elevation is a good approximation of the latitude of the observer

Vainu Bappu Observatory (1,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suited for low latitudes and permits easy observation near the north celestial pole. The telescope has a F/3.25 paraboloid primary of 2.3 m diameter with

Astronomical Almanac (1,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronomical constants, relations between time scales, coordinates of the celestial pole, reduction of terrestrial coordinates, interpolations methods, vectors

Archaeoastronomy (14,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spinning around the celestial pole can be observed. This point is +90° of the North Celestial Pole or −90° observing the Southern Celestial Pole. The concentric

Solstice (3,930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indefinitely into the heavens and intersecting the celestial sphere in a celestial pole. The Sun and the planets do not move in these parallel paths but along

Triangulum Australe (3,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bayer designation as they were closer than 25 degrees to the south celestial pole. The second Eta is now designated as HD 150550. It is a variable star

Achernar (2,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

south in ancient times than at present: 7.5 degrees from the south celestial pole around 3400 BCE (declination −82° 40′) and still as far south as declination

Ursa Major (4,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

constellation Helike, ("turning" or "twisting"), because it turns around the celestial pole. The Odyssey notes that it is the sole constellation that never sinks

Extraterrestrial sky (6,264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Deneb, point to the north Celestial pole of Mars. Kappa Velorum is only a couple of degrees from the south Celestial pole of Mars. Phobos appears in

Earth's rotation (4,885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Starry circles arc around the south celestial pole, seen overhead at ESO's La Silla Observatory.

Deneb (3,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

precession, Deneb will be an approximate pole star (7° off of the north celestial pole) at around 9800 AD. The north pole of Mars points to the midpoint of

Bradford Robotic Telescope (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mount is an equatorial mount, which means that RA axis points to the celestial pole, thus enabling the systems to track objects without field rotation.

Georgia Guidestones (3,782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conversion added): Astronomic features 1. Channel through stone indicates celestial pole 2. Horizontal slot indicates annual travel of sun 3. Sunbeam through

Gyrocompass (4,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

precess) along a line of longitude. Once the axis points toward the celestial pole, it will appear to be stationary and won't experience any more frictional

Moons of Uranus (4,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Uranus). The Sun would appear to follow a circular path around Uranus's celestial pole in the sky, at the closest about 7 degrees from it, during the hemispheric

Francesco Ingoli (1,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

if Earth moved An argument from Tycho Brahe on the positions of the celestial pole being changed if Earth moved An argument from Tycho Brahe on the day

Algiz (2,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to describe the constellation of Ursa major (as turning around the celestial pole). An earlier suggestion is that of Zacher (1855), to the effect that

Vishnu (10,754 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

cosmology, for example, states that Vishnu's eye is at the Southern Celestial Pole from where he watches the cosmos. In another version found in section

Hamlet's Mill (2,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

book reconstructs a myth of a heavenly mill which rotates around the celestial pole and grinds out the world's salt and soil, and is associated with the

Chinese astronomy (7,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unit. The inner group contains one meridian ring that moves around the celestial pole. These allow the astronomer to set a celestial object within their sights

Baltic Finnic paganism (5,919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Universe labelled as according to Finnic mythology. A. Firmament B. Celestial pole C. World pillar D. Kinahmi E. Pohjola F. The known world G. Lintukoto

Halley's Comet (11,134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

September – 11 October -1 mag Passed within 10 degrees of the north celestial pole, more northerly than at any time during the past 2000 years. This is

Great Pyramid of Giza (16,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

star during the Old Kingdom, was about two degrees removed from the celestial pole at the time. The simultaneous transit method: The stars Mizar and Kochab

Chinese folk religion (22,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

five phases of creation, the five constellations rotating around the celestial pole, the five sacred mountains and the five directions of space (the four

Vega (10,134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the precession. Vega is the bright star near the bottom.

Bifilar sundial (1,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

any flat-dial, whether bifilar, or ordinary straight-style, the north celestial pole has a certain altitude, measured from the plane of the dial. Effective

Chinese mythology (13,493 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

separating the sky from the world (China), which also displaced the Celestial Pole, so that the sky rotates off-center. In the west was Kunlun, although

Michelson–Morley experiment (10,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exhibit daily variations consistent with the source rotating about the celestial pole. Instead, while Miller's observations showed daily variations, their

Gerrit Verschuur (1,624 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Origin for the Low-latitude Intermediate-velocity Arch and the North Celestial Pole Loop". The Astrophysical Journal. 956: 2. arXiv:2310.20454. doi:10

Star Axis (1,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

geometry of earth-star alignments, particularly the south-to-north celestial pole. He spent the next five years making drawings, consulting with astronomers

C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) (873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and February 13 was in the constellation of Octans, near the south celestial pole, and then moved northwards. The comet was brightening during February

Nancy Houk (2,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

project had assembled five volumes covering the sky from the south celestial pole to +5° declination, consisting of 162,900 stars in total. The plates

History of longitude (10,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

could be obtained from the apparent rotation of the stars around the celestial pole, either measuring the altitude of a suitable star with a sextant, or

List of Chinese mythology (2,842 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

thus the rivers to flow in that direction, and also displacing the Celestial Pole. Diyu (Chinese: 地獄): hell, the subterranean land inhabited by souls

Vela Molecular Ridge (4,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to 50°S is equivalent to a minimum angular distance from the south celestial pole of 50°; which is to say that south of 50°S the object appears entirely

Globe of Gottorf (4,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Moon. The Earth rotates daily around an axis inclined to point to the celestial pole. The Moon orbits Earth in 27.3 days and displays its phases. A small

Dick Walker (astronomer) (1,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Polaris. He calculated that Thuban, then the star closest to the northern celestial pole, would not have been visible from the entranceway during Khufu's reign

Religion of the Predynastic and Western Zhou (3,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the old Shang population that there existed a collective power at the celestial pole, which was Heaven to the Zhou and Dì to the Shang, the latter abandoning

Shang ancestral deification (5,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

out that the tombs' positions harmoniously aligned with the northern celestial pole, which housed the power of the ancestors in the form of a collective

Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) (18,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

astronomical true north, which is based on the direction of the north celestial pole. true south The direction along the Earth's surface that is exactly