north galactic pole Comparison Table

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north galactic pole comparison table

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

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 galactic coordinate

north galactic pole A point in the constellation Coma Berenices where we look perpendicular to and above the Galactic Plane. The nearest bright star to the North Galactic Pole is Arcturus, in the neighboring constellation Bootes. Coma Berenices south galactic pole NGP 90 degrees galactic pole

Subject	has definition	is part of	is opposite of	has acronym	is a kind of	has galactic latitude	is an instance of
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				galactic coordinate
north galactic pole	A point in the constellation Coma Berenices where we look perpendicular to and above the Galactic Plane. The nearest bright star to the North Galactic Pole is Arcturus, in the neighboring constellation Bootes.	Coma Berenices	south galactic pole	NGP		90 degrees	galactic pole

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