galactic coordinate system

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galactic coordinate system

A celestial coordinate system in which an object's position on the celestial sphere is defined relative to the plane of the Milky Way galaxy and the two poles formed by a line through the center of the galaxy perpendicular to the plane.

Translations

sistema di coordinate galattiche

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