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celestial pole

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
celestial pole

▶noun Astronomy the point on the celestial sphere directly above either of the earth's geographic poles, around which the stars appear to rotate.

'celestial pole' also found in these Oxford entries:

equatorial mount

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