celestial equator in a sentence

Examples

1. From the North Pole or South Pole, all constellations south or north of the celestial equator are circumpolar constellations.
2. Being almost exactly on the celestial equator the star is visible everywhere in the world except for the North Pole.
3. This is because the Sun crossed the celestial equator from south to north in Aries more than two millennia ago.
4. The origin moves along the celestial equator at a speed of 15?per hour, the speed of the Earth's rotation.
5. Celestial objects near the celestial equator are visible worldwide, but they culminate the highest in the sky in the tropics.
6. Any star that passes the zenith ( overhead ) is on the celestial equator, the basis of the equatorial coordinate system.
7. The winter solstice, when the sun is farthest south of the celestial equator, falls on the shortest day of the year.
8. The Northern Sky or Northern Hemisphere is therefore that half of the celestial sphere that is north of the celestial equator.
9. The Southern Sky or Southern Hemisphere is therefore that half of the celestial sphere that is south of the celestial equator.
10. The fundamental plane is formed by projection of the Earth's equator onto the celestial sphere, forming the celestial equator ( blue ).