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Categories: Celestial coordinate system, Articles with short description, Early scientific cosmologies, Cosmology stubs, Conceptions of Heaven

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The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected WordNet 3.0

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The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere that has an arbitrarily large radius and is concentric to Earth. Wikipedia

In ancient European cosmologies inspired by Aristotle, the Empyrean Heaven, Empyreal or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven, which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire. Wikipedia

An imaginary sphere concentric with the Earth–all objects in the sky can be thought of as projected upon the celestial sphere Wikipedia Disambiguation

The astronomical description of the sky Wikipedia Disambiguation

Imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius, concentric with the observer Wikidata

Highest heaven in ancient cosmologies Wikidata

The eighth sphere carrying the fixed stars, which surrounded the seven spheres of the planets in the geocentric model. OmegaWiki

An abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere. Wiktionary

Abstract sphere of infinite radius. Wiktionary (translation)

The region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy. Wiktionary

The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. Wiktionary

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