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Definition of Celestial horizon
1. Noun. The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celestial Horizon
Literary usage of Celestial horizon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"The celestial horizon is the great circle of the celestial sphere formed by ...
The celestial horizon differs somewhat 212. The Zenith of an observer on the ..."
2. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1853)
"The celestial horizon of any place is a great circle of the sphere marked out by
the indefinite extension of the plane of any spectator's sensible or (which ..."
3. Astronomy by Simon Newcomb, Günter Dietmar Roth, Arthur Beer, Edward Singleton Holden (1883)
"This plane cuts the celestial sphere in a great circle, which is called the
celestial horizon. The celestial horizon is therefore the boundary between the ..."
4. A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy by Robert Stawell Ball (1908)
"The celestial horizon 72 § 28. The diurnal motion 72 § 29. The meridian and the
prime vertical 75 § 30. ..."
5. The Elements of Theoretical and Descriptive Astronomy: For the Use of by Charles Joyce White (1901)
"The points where the celestial meridian and the celestial horizon intersect are
called the north and the south point of the horizon,—the point which is the ..."
6. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie, Cady Staley (1897)
"The altitude of a body is its angular distance above the celestial horizon, and
is measured on a vertical circle. Altitude and zenith distance are ..."
7. Treatise on Surveying by William Mitchell Gillespie (1896)
"The altitude of a body is its angular distance above the celestial horizon, and
is measured on a vertical circle. Altitude and zenith distance are ..."
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