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Precession
Gravitational effects, especially from the Sun and the Moon, on the Earth have an effect that gradually shifts the Celestial Sphere relative to the sky. Precession is a very subtle effect - the Celestial Poles move about one degree in seventy years, and take more than 25,000 years to complete a full Precession Circle.
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