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galactic longitude

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noun Astronomy.
the angular distance in degrees measured eastward in the galactic plane from a radius drawn from the earth as center to the constellation Sagittarius.
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Origin of galactic longitude

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby galactic longitude

galactic coordinate, galactic coordinate system, galactic equator, galactic halo, galactic latitude, galactic longitude, galactic nebula, galactic noise, galactic nucleus, Galactico, galactic plane
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How to use galactic longitude in a sentence

  • The position of the stars is here generally given in galactic longitude (l) and latitude (b).

    Lectures on Stellar Statistics|Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier

  • The fourth column gives the galactic square, the fifth and sixth columns the galactic longitude and latitude.

    Lectures on Stellar Statistics|Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
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