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ABOUT THE VIDEO

The Celestial Sphere is an imaginary sphere that navigators use to help locate celestial bodies. Understanding how the Celestial Sphere works, and all the labels that are used is an essential step in learning Celestial Navigation.

Timestamps:

00:18 Latitude & Longitude
02:12 Celestial Sphere
02:46 Declination
05:04 Right Ascension
05:22 Sidereal Hour Angles
06:30 Zenith
07:36 Azimuth
07:54 Altitude


WITH THANKS TO

★ NASA

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

★ STELLARIUM

http://stellarium.org/


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