Galactic-equator


noun, Astronomy.
1.
the great circle on the celestial sphere that is equidistant from the galactic poles, being inclined approximately 62° to the celestial equator and lying about one degree north of the center line of the Milky Way.
noun
1.
the great circle on the celestial sphere containing the galactic plane

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