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Celestron Advanced Series C6-R User Manual

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telescope at this rate. The rate is 15 arc seconds per second or 15 degrees per hour.

T -
Terminator

The

boundary

line between the light and dark portion of the moon or a planet.

U -
Universe

The totality of astronomical things, events, relations and energies capable of being described
objectively.

V -
Variable Star

A star whose brightness varies over time due to either inherent properties of the star or something
eclipsing or obscuring the brightness of the star.

W -
Waning Moon

The period of the moon's cycle between full and new, when its illuminated portion is decreasing.

Waxing Moon

The period of the moon's cycle between new and full, when its illuminated portion is increasing.

Z -
Zenith

The point on the Celestial Sphere directly above the observer.

Zodiac

The zodiac is the portion of the Celestial Sphere that lies within 8 deg

rees

on either side of the

Ecliptic. The apparent paths of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets, with the exception of some
portions of the path of Pluto, lie within this band. Twelve divisions, or signs, each 30 deg

rees

in

width, comprise the zodiac. These signs coincided with the zodiacal constellations about 2,000 years
ago. Because of the Precession of the Earth's axis, the Vernal Equinox has moved westward by
about 30 deg

rees

since that time; the signs have moved with it and thus no longer coincide with the

constellations.

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