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  1. Latitude

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    Celestial Latitude
    Celestial latitude ($\beta$) is the angular distance of a celestial object north or south of the ecliptic plane (the apparent path of the Sun/) across the sky). This measurement is crucial in observational astronomy, as deviations indicate proper motion relative to the solar system's plane. Early definitions often confused celestial latitude with [ecliptic longit…