CSERD: Astronomical Coordinates

Title	Astronomical Coordinates
Url	http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/Resources/Applications/AstronomicalCoordinates/index.php
Creator	David Joiner, The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
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Description	The celestial coordinate system is a projection of earth's coordinate system into the celestial sphere. Being just like Earth's system it contains an "equator", lines of "latitude" and "longitude", and even poles. (Though we don't use the same words for it.) One suggestion one might have would be to just extend the Earth's latitude, longitude, and equator out into the night sky, but the Earth is constantly spinning. For the Celestial coordinates, we have to pick some fixed reference to go by.
Format	None listed
Language	English
Subject	Astronomy
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Audience	Researcher, Educator, Learner/Student
Education Level	Middle School
Type	Instructional Material