North celestial pole
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| definition | The point in the northern hemisphere where the rotation axis of Earth touches the celestial sphere. The star Polaris, also called the Pole Star, is located very near this point, at an angular separation of 42 arcminutes (about 1.4 lunar diameters). | ||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | ||||||