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OCR: CELESTIAL SPHERE THE CELESTIAL SPHERE is an imaginary sphere surrounding the Earth, upon which the stars, planets, and other celestial objects appear to be fixed. It appears to rotate in an east-west direction as the Earth spins. The celestial sphere is used to describe the motions and positions of celestial objects as seen from the Earth.