Celestial sphere, conceptual image. In astronomy, the celestial sphere is an imaginary globe, centred on the Earth, of arbitrarily large size. Objects

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Celestial sphere, conceptual image. In astronomy, the celestial sphere is an imaginary globe, centred on the Earth, of arbitrarily large size. Objects in the sky – stars, the Sun and the planets – can all be thought of as projected onto the inside of this sphere. The ecliptic (yellow) is the path across the sky followed by the Sun and the planets.

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Size: 5912px × 5912px
Photo credit: © MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, artwork, astromomy, celestial, day, earth, ecliptic, illustration, motion, night, planets, sky, solar, space, sphere., stars, sun, system