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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Southern Celestial Pole
An imaginary point in the southern sky that lies 90° south of the
Celestial Equator
, and can be considered as an extension of the
Earth's
south pole out into space. It is presently in the
constellation
Octans
.
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