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What is the difference in declination angles between the north and south celestial poles?
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∙ 14y ago
The Earth orbits on its axis. It isn't a physical axis; there is no metal rod through the Earth, but we can calculate it pretty well. If you were to extend that imaginary axis straight out from the physical poles, this would point to the "celestial poles".
Early astronomers thought of the sky as a solid crystal sphere, and all the stars were at the same very great distance away. We know now that isn't true; all the stars are at their own distances, all different. But we still sometimes speak of the "celestial sphere", and the celestial poles, and the celestial equator. This helps us to visualize where we are in the galaxy, and where all the stars are in relationship to each other.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe celestial poles are the places in the sky toward which the ends of the earth's
rotation axis point.
If you're standing exactly on the earth's north pole, then the north celestial pole
is directly over your head.
If you're standing exactly on the earth's south pole, then the south celestial pole
is directly over your head.
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∙ 12y agoThe north and south celestial poles are points on the celestial sphere where the Earth's axis of rotation, if projected, would touch the celestial sphere.
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∙ 13y agoThey are the places in the sky toward which the point
and the eraser of earth's axis of rotation point.
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∙ 14y agoYes.
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∙ 14y ago180 degrees
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