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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

galactic pole Either of the two points on the celestial sphere that lie 90° north and south of the galactic equator. The north galactic pole lies in Coma Berenices, and the south galactic pole in Sculptor.

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