How To Use celestial equator In A Sentence
- This stelliferous zone almost completely encircles the sphere, which it divides into two nearly equal parts, and is inclined at an angle of 63° to the celestial equator. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
- An armillary sphere basically allows you to find the position of an object in the sky in relation to the celestial equator, (equatorial AS or 赤道经纬仪) or the ecliptic (the path of the sun across the sky) (ecliptical AS or 黄道经纬仪). Archive 2007-02-01
- The Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south as it traces its apparent annual path against the background of stars.
- Right ascension, measures the easterly distance of an object from the vernal point, along the plane of the celestial equator.
- At the autumnal equinox, the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, from north to south; this marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
