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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 Sphere"
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:9
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msgid ""
"The celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of gigantic radius, centered on "
"the Earth. All objects which can be seen in the sky can be thought of as "
"lying on the surface of this sphere."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:13
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msgid ""
"Of course, we know that the objects in the sky are not on the surface of a "
"sphere centered on the Earth, so why bother with such a construct? "
"Everything we see in the sky is so very far away, that their distances are "
"impossible to gauge just by looking at them. Since their distances are "
"indeterminate, you only need to know the <emphasis>direction</emphasis> "
"toward the object to locate it in the sky. In this sense, the celestial "
"sphere model is a very practical model for mapping the sky."
msgstr ""

#: index.docbook:21
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msgid ""
"The directions toward various objects in the sky can be quantified by "
"constructing a <link linkend=\"ai-skycoords\">Celestial Coordinate "
"System</link>."
msgstr ""
