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#: index.docbook:3
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msgid "<firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Harris</surname>"
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:8
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msgid "The Celestial Poles"
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:9
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msgid ""
"The sky appears to drift overhead from east to west, completing a full "
"circuit around the sky in 24 (<link linkend=\"ai-sidereal\">Sidereal</link>"
") hours. This phenomenon is due to the spinning of the Earth on its axis. "
"The Earth's spin axis intersects the <link linkend=\"ai-csphere\">Celestial "
"Sphere</link> at two points. These points are the <firstterm>Celestial "
"Poles</firstterm>"
". As the Earth spins; they remain fixed in the sky, and all other points "
"seem to rotate around them. The celestial poles are also the poles of the "
"<link linkend=\"equatorial\">Equatorial Coordinate System</link>, meaning "
"they have <firstterm>Declinations</firstterm>"
" of +90 degrees and -90 degrees (for the North and South celestial poles, "
"respectively)."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:20
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msgid ""
"The North Celestial Pole currently has nearly the same coordinates as the "
"bright star <firstterm>Polaris</firstterm> (which is Latin for <quote>Pole "
"Star</quote>). This makes Polaris useful for navigation: not only is it "
"always above the North point of the horizon, but its <link "
"linkend=\"horizontal\">Altitude</link>"
" angle is always (nearly) equal to the observer's <link "
"linkend=\"ai-geocoords\">Geographic Latitude</link> (however, Polaris can "
"only be seen from locations in the Northern hemisphere)."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:28
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msgid ""
"The fact that Polaris is near the pole is purely a coincidence. In fact, "
"because of <link linkend=\"ai-precession\">Precession</link>, Polaris is "
"only near the pole for a small fraction of the time."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:33
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msgid "Exercises:"
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:33
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msgid ""
"Use the <guilabel>Find Object</guilabel> window (<keycombo "
"action=\"simul\">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>) to locate Polaris. "
"Notice that its Declination is almost (but not exactly) +90 degrees. Compare "
"the Altitude reading when focused on Polaris to your location's geographic "
"latitude. They are always within one degree of each other. They are not "
"exactly the same because Polaris isn't exactly at the Pole. (you can point "
"exactly at the pole by switching to Equatorial coordinates, and pressing the "
"up-arrow key until the sky stops scrolling)."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:33
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msgid ""
"Use the <guilabel>Time Step</guilabel> spinbox in the toolbar to accelerate "
"time to a step of 100 seconds. You can see the entire sky appears to rotate "
"around Polaris, while Polaris itself remains nearly stationary."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:33
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msgid ""
"We said that the celestial pole is the pole of the Equatorial coordinate "
"system. What do you think is the pole of the horizontal (Altitude/Azimuth) "
"coordinate system? (The <link linkend=\"ai-zenith\">Zenith</link>)."
msgstr ""
