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English: Galactic coordinate system. NGP is North Galactic Pole, NCP is North Celestial Pole. Longitude of GC is defined so that increasing Right Ascension corresponds to increasing GC longitude (The new I. A. U. system of galactic coordinates (1958 revision), p. 130)
Source http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/ddavis/courses/phys315/week2/week2.pdf
Author David S. Davis

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