WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
celes′tial pole′, [Astron.]
  1. Astronomyeach of the two points in which the extended axis of the earth cuts the celestial sphere and about which the stars seem to revolve. Also called pole. 
  • 1900–05

'celestial pole' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Little Dipper - Magellanic Cloud - North Pole - Octans - Polaris - Pole Star - South Pole - Southern Cross - Ursa Minor - astronomical triangle - codeclination - declination - polar distance - pole - right ascension

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