celestial globe

American  

noun

1. globe3

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celestial globe British  

noun

1. a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc

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Etymology

Origin of celestial globe

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

A visitor would sit on a stable platform as the celestial globe spun around him—by means of water power, in its early incarnations—to show how stars appear to move with the changing of the seasons.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2014

The second exhibit, a celestial globe, would show the heavens as they looked from the surface of the Earth.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2014

The stargazer sits before a celestial globe, his fingers spanning the constellation Pegasus.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2010

He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

A celestial globe, as we know, presents us with a singular menagerie, rich in curious monsters placed in inconceivable positions.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.