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celestial sphere

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

▶noun an imaginary sphere of which the observer is the centre and on which all celestial objects are considered to lie.

'celestial sphere' also found in these Oxford entries:

almucantar - Aries - armillary sphere - celestial pole - ecliptic - galactic equator - hemisphere - horizon - house - nadir - prime vertical - tropic

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