Celestial Poles: The Points On The Celestial Sphere Directly Overhead At Either Of The Earth’s Poles. The Projection Of Earth’s Poles Into Space…. Celestial Equator: The Imaginary East-West Line That ...

Delporte drew the lines of the 88 constellations parallel and perpendicular to the celestial sphere's positioning for the ...

It was the first to cover the entire celestial sphere. Bayer set the standard for the classical images we associate with the constellations today. However, there was no rule for what stars were ...

Star mapping links us directly to the universe, requiring the careful observation and recording of celestial positions. This ...

Ah, there it is. The first-magnitude star shining faintly on the dull celestial sphere must be Vega (Orihime in the Tanabata legend) in the Lyra constellation. I had given up on seeing it from the ...