celestial latitude

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celestial latitude - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  celestial latitude
      n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north
           or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in
           degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on
           the celestial sphere [syn: declination, celestial latitude
           , dec]