Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 41
e a circle on the celestial 20 ASTRONOMY. sphere which will be everywhere 45° distant from thecelestial equator. This circle will thus correspond to theparallel of 45° north upon the earth. If he goes to lati-tude 60° north, he will sec the pole at an elevation of 60°,and his zenith will in the… … Fig. 7.—terrestrial and celestial spheres. all. The celestial pole is simply the point in which theearths axis of rotation, if continued out in a straight lineof infinite length, would meet the celestial sphere. Wethus have a series of circles on the celestial sphere corre-sponding to the parallels…
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