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anticenter
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anticenteris a part of Aurigahas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:40.0
has galactic latitude 02001-09-27 09:32:40.0
has galactic longitude 180 degrees2001-09-27 09:32:40.0
is opposite of galactic center2001-09-27 09:32:40.0
has definition The direction of the sky opposite to that of the galactic center.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:40.0
has definition The point in the galactic plane that lies directly opposite the galactic center. Here we gaze toward the edge of the Galactic disk. The nearest bright star to the anticenter is El Nath, in the constellation Taurus.has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:32:40.0
is an instance of galactic coordinate2001-09-27 09:32:39.0
galactic coordinatehas component galactic coordinate component2001-09-27 09:32:39.0
pointhas dimensions 02001-09-27 09:32:38.0