galactic coordinate Comparison Table

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galactic coordinate comparison table

Subject has definition is part of has galactic longitude is opposite of is a kind of has galactic latitude is an instance of

anticenter 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. Auriga 180 degrees galactic center 0 galactic coordinate

galactic center The direction of the sky toward the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius 0 anticenter 0 galactic coordinate

galactic pole The poles of the galactic plane. The new system puts the galactic north pole in Coma at α(1950) = 12^h49^m, δ(1950) = 27^°.4 0 degrees galactic coordinate

Subject	has definition	is part of	has galactic longitude	is opposite of	is a kind of	has galactic latitude	is an instance of
anticenter	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.	Auriga	180 degrees	galactic center		0	galactic coordinate
galactic center	The direction of the sky toward the center of the Milky Way.	Sagittarius	0	anticenter		0	galactic coordinate
galactic pole	The poles of the galactic plane. The new system puts the galactic north pole in Coma at α(1950) = 12^h49^m, δ(1950) = 27^°.4		0 degrees		galactic coordinate

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