circumpolar region Comparison Table

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circumpolar region comparison table

Subject has coordinate has definition is part of is a kind of is an instance of has purpose

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

circumpolar region whose equatorial latitude is greater than the Earth latitude of the observer minus 90 degrees a region defined by an equatorial latitude above which stars are visible all year (depends on observers location on Earth) celestial sphere equatorial sky area to define a part of the sky which can be observed all year at the observers location

Subject	has coordinate	has definition	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has purpose
equatorial sky area		A fixed region on the sky defined using equatorial coordinates		quantity
circumpolar region	whose equatorial latitude is greater than the Earth latitude of the observer minus 90 degrees	a region defined by an equatorial latitude above which stars are visible all year (depends on observers location on Earth)	celestial sphere		equatorial sky area	to define a part of the sky which can be observed all year at the observers location

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