#  Celestial coordinate system 

 



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[**The celestial coordinate system: RA & Dec**](http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/112-observational-astronomy/stargazing/technical-questions/699-what-are-ra-and-dec-intermediate)

**4 general resources on celestial coordinates:**

[University of Michigan Astronomy Department, Coordinate Systems](https://dept.astro.lsa.umich.edu/ugactivities/Labs/coords/)

[Sky and Telescope, What are Celestial Coordinates?](http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/what-are-celestial-coordinates/)

[Center for Science Education/Science Education Gateway, UC Berkeley](http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/findplanets/coordinates.html)

[Astronomical Coordinate Systems](http://spider.seds.org/spider/ScholarX/coords.html): Hartmut Frommert’s astronomical resources on SEDS