Celestial

Celestial may refer to:

Science

  • Objects or events seen in the sky and the following astronomical terms:
    • Astronomical object, a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists in the observable universe
    • Celestia, a 3D astronomy program that allows users to travel through the universe
    • Celestial coordinate system, a system for mapping positions on the celestial sphere
    • Celestial event, an astronomical phenomenon of interest that involves one or more celestial objects
    • Celestial mechanics, the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects
    • Celestial navigation, a position fixing technique that helps sailors cross the oceans
    • Celestial sphere, an imaginary sphere concentric with the Earth  all objects in the sky can be thought of as projected upon the celestial sphere
    • Celestial spheres, fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus and others

Music

Television

Animal kingdom

  • Celestial Eye, a breed of goldfish related to the Telescope eye
  • Celestial Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), also known as Pacific Parrotlet and Lesson's Parrotlet

Games and comics

Religion

Other uses

See also

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