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How are the north celestial pole and south celestial pole related to Earth's north and south pole
Earth's Celestial Poles: North and South
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They are the projections of the Earth's poles onto the the celestial sphere, which is an imaginary sphere concentric with the Earth. (You assume that the Earth is a sphere, too.)
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