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galactic poles

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galactic poles
pl n
(Astronomy) the two points on the celestial sphere, diametrically opposite each other, that can be joined by an imaginary line perpendicular to the galactic plane
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Using the Sliding Anglo-Australian Telescope on Siding Spring Mountain in Australia, the survey examines objects in two large wedges of sky at the north and south galactic poles.
A Dark View of the Universe by COWEN, RON / Science News
Szalay of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and his collaborators initially determined the positions of galaxies along a long, narrow line of sight -- a pencil beam -- in the direction of the Milky Way's north and south galactic poles.
Probing a universe of bubbles and voids by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
 
 
 
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