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Grundyloop t1_ixa0xae wrote

Reply to comment by IhaveaBibledegree in How do astronomers share coordinates with each other? by vaterp

The North Star isn’t on the celestial equator, so it doesn’t have a zero declination. It’s also not exactly aligned with the poles (it’s just under 1 degree off, which is a large offset for precision astronomy).

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