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Loading contentThe celestial equivalent of longitude — the angle measured eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox, conventionally expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds (24 hours around the sky). Together with declination it fixes a star's place in the equatorial system, and it connects directly to sidereal time.
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