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Definition of North celestial pole
1. Noun. The celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris.
Lexicographical Neighbors of North Celestial Pole
Literary usage of North celestial pole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Lectures and Addresses by William Thomson Kelvin (1891)
"That pivot point of the sky is called the north celestial pole. You understand
that you are in the northern hemisphere. Any one south of the equator ..."
2. Elements of Astronomy by Simon Newcomb (1900)
"The north celestial pole will be over his head, that is, in his zenith. ...
Hence: — To an observer at the north pole, the north celestial pole is at the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... his journey towards the south, the north celestial pole sinks t« * the horizon;
the south celestial pole rises above it; or to *{**k more exactly, ..."
4. Astronomy for Everybody .. by Simon Newcomb (1903)
"The pivot corresponding to P is called .the north celestial pole. ... Opposite the
north celestial pole, and therefore as far below our horizon as the north ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"For us, therefore, the sphere of the heavens may be divided into three parts; a
circle round the north celestial pole within which stars never set; ..."
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