WordNet
south celestial pole
n. the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
Usage examples of "south celestial pole".
He thought he remembered that the south celestial pole of Mars was somewhere just off the Milky Way toward the Large Magellanic Cloud, but he could never find it.
It was illegal, but I wanted my data-so I headed out at a right angle to the ecliptic, in the direction of the South Celestial Pole, approximately, and left Sol a billion miles behind me.
It was illegal, but I wanted my data - so I headed out at a right angle to the ecliptic, in the direction of the South Celestial Pole, approximately, and left Sol a billion miles behind me.
We had no navigational instruments, relying on the dim triangle of stars that marked the south celestial pole.