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  1. In astronomy, the coordinate on the celestial
  2. sphere (imaginary sphere surrounding the
  3. Earth) that corresponds to latitude on the
  4. Earth's surface. Declination runs from 0
  5. degrees at the celestial equator to 90
  6. degrees at the north and south celestial
  7. poles.
  8.