galactic system

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galactic system [gə′lak·tik ′sis·təm]

(astronomy)

An astronomical coordinate system using latitude measured north and south from the galactic equator, and longitude measured in the sense of increasing right ascension from 0 to 360°. Also known as galactic coordinates.

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No references found			Division VII: Galactic System, in "Reports on Astronomy 2002-2005", (ed) O. University of Cape Town: Astronomy Department--2007 annual report by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa			galactic galactic bulge galactic center galactic circle galactic cluster Galactic Concentration galactic coordinate galactic coordinate system Galactic Coordinates Galactic Corona galactic disk Galactic Equator galactic halo galactic latitude galactic light Galactic Longitude galactic nebula galactic noise galactic nova Galactic Nucleus galactic plane galactic pole galactic radiation galactic radio waves galactic rotation galactic system galactic windows Galactic Year Galaction, Gala galactocele galactogen galactoglucomannan galactokinase galactolipid galactomannan galactonic acid galactophore galactopoiesis galactorrhea Galactosamine galactosan Galactosans Galactose galactosemia galactosidase galactoside galactosuria galactosyl ceramide Galacturonic Acid Galagan Galagan, Ignatii			Galactic longitude Galactic Modeling Language galactic nebula galactic noise galactic noise galactic nova Galactic nuclei Galactic nuclei galactic nucleus galactic nucleus Galactic Obliteration Device Galactic Observation Device Galactic Organisation of Trade & Tariffs Galactic Orgonomy Exchange Galactic plane Galactic plane Galactic pole Galactic pole Galactic poles galactic radiation Galactic Radiation and Background galactic radio waves Galactic Republic galactic rotation Galactic Socialist Republic of Arenumberg Galactic spheroid Galactic spheroid Galactic Standard Year Galactic supercluster Galactic supercluster galactic system Galactic Terran Alliance Galactic Terran Bomber Galactic Terran Corvette Galactic Terran Destroyer Galactic Terran Vasudan Alliance Galactic Terran-Vasudan Intelligence Galactic time Galactic Trade Federation Galactic Trade Navy Galactic Trade Standard Galactic Vasudan Destroyer galactic windows Galactic year Galactica in Name Only galactically galactically galactically Galacticomm Custom Device Interface Galactin Galactin Galaction Galaction, Gala galactischia galacto- galacto- Galacto-Oligosaccharide galactoblast galactobolic

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