galactic coordinate system

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The coordinate system in which a celestial object's position on the celestial sphere is described in relation to the structure of the Milky Way galaxy.♦ An object's galactic longitude is measured along the galactic equator, a great circle on the celestial sphere that follows the band of the Milky Way. The galactic equator, also called the galactic circle, is inclined at an angle of approximately 62° to the celestial equator; distances are measured along it beginning at a point in the constellation Sagittarius lying in the direction of the Milky Way's nucleus. The galactic poles are the two points where a perpendicular line through the middle of the plane of the galactic equator intersect the celestial sphere.♦ An object's galactic latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the galactic equator toward the galactic poles.

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Words nearby galactic coordinate system

galactagogue, galactan, galactic, galactic cluster, galactic coordinate, galactic coordinate system, galactic equator, galactic halo, galactic latitude, galactic longitude, galactic nebula

How to use galactic coordinate system in a sentence

There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.
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She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
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A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
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“Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.
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Both parties are now equal opportunity offenders when it comes to gaming the system.
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Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
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As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
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The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
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Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
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Thanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.
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