Fundamental Concepts & Cosmology

Celestial Equator

English: Celestial Equator / Arabic: Mu'addilü'n-Nehâr

The projection of Earth's equatorial plane onto the celestial sphere; one of the two fundamental reference planes of astrological calculation along with the ecliptic.

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