Zone of Avoidance Comparison Table

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Zone of Avoidance comparison table

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equatorial sky area quantity A fixed region on the sky defined using equatorial coordinates

Zone of Avoidance equatorial sky area celestial sphere galaxies appear to "avoid" the Milky Way An irregular zone near the plane of the Milky Way where the absorption due to interstellar dust is so great that no external galaxies can be seen through it.

Subject	is an instance of	is part of	is a kind of	has name origin	has definition
equatorial sky area			quantity		A fixed region on the sky defined using equatorial coordinates
Zone of Avoidance	equatorial sky area	celestial sphere		galaxies appear to "avoid" the Milky Way	An irregular zone near the plane of the Milky Way where the absorption due to interstellar dust is so great that no external galaxies can be seen through it.

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