Definition of Celestial point

1. Noun. A point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Celestial Point

celestial bodies
celestial body
celestial equator
celestial equators
celestial globe
celestial guidance
celestial hierarchy
celestial horizon
celestial latitude
celestial longitude
celestial mechanics
celestial navigation
celestial object
celestial objects
celestial orbit
celestial point (current term)
celestial pole
celestial poles
celestial sphere
celestial teapot
celestialities
celestiality
celestialize
celestialized
celestializes
celestializing
celestiall
celestially
celestialness
celestials

Literary usage of Celestial point

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Whys and Wherefores of Navigation by Gershom Bradford (1918)
"To an observer at such a sub-celestial point the body is in the zenith with an ... as the observer departs from the sub-celestial point, and vice versa. ..."

2. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1874)
"... at which the image of the celestial point is observed, which point we shall call the point o, will be determined by referring it to the same tv. ..."

3. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1891)
"... at w the image of the celestial point is observed, which point we call the point o, will be determined by referring it to the t two planes : so that if ..."

4. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1905)
"... world-wide symbolism, founded on the conspicuous position and immobility of the celestial point, to which Mrs. Nuttall and others have called attention. ..."

5. A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy by Robert Stawell Ball (1908)
"Let us now suppose the telescope directed to the celestial point P' with coordinates (t + 180°), —8, which is 180° from the former point P. Again let the ..."

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