northern celestial hemisphere

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• Hemisphere — (from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον hēmisphairion half of a sphere ) may refer to: *Half of a sphereAs half of the Earth: *Any half of the Earth or other planetary or stellar body *New World *Old World *Western Hemisphere *Eastern Hemisphere… …   Wikipedia

• Northern Hemisphere — Coordinates: 45°0′0″N 0°0′0″E / 45°N 0°E / 45; 0 …   Wikipedia

• Celestial pole — The north and south celestial poles and their relation to axis of rotation, plane of orbit and axial tilt …   Wikipedia

• hemisphere — noun Etymology: Middle English hemispere, from Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi + sphairion, diminutive of sphaira sphere Date: 14th century 1. a. a half of the celestial sphere as divided into two halves by the horizon,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hemisphere — /hem i sfear /, n. 1. (often cap.) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, esp. one of the halves into which the earth is divided. Cf. Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere. 2. a map or… …   Universalium

• Northern Hemisphere — noun The hemisphere of the Earth (or any celestial body) to the north of its equator. Ant: Southern Hemisphere …   Wiktionary

• hemisphere — noun 1》 a half of a sphere. 2》 a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.     ↘a half of the celestial sphere. 3》… …   English new terms dictionary

• Northern Hemisphere — /nɔðən ˈhɛməsfɪə / (say nawdhuhn hemuhsfear) noun (also lower case) 1. the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator. 2. Astronomy the half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator …  

• Southern Hemisphere — Coordinates: 45°0′0″S 0°0′0″E / 45°S 0°E / 45; 0 …   Wikipedia

• north celestial pole — noun the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pole, ↑celestial pole * * * noun : north pole 1 a * * * north celestial pole, the zenith of the northern end of the earth s axis from which every direction …   Useful english dictionary

• Circumpolar star — The northern circumpolar stars revolving around the north celestial pole. Note that Polaris, the bright star near the center, is almost stationary. Polaris is circumpolar and can be seen at all times of the year. (The graphic shows how the… …   Wikipedia