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Loading contentThe observer-centred system that describes where a body appears in the local sky: altitude above the horizon and azimuth around it. Simple and intuitive for pointing a telescope, horizontal coordinates change continuously as the Earth turns and depend on the observer's location and the moment of observation.
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Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.