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overhead, counterclockwise around the zenith, where Polaris is.

Southern Celestial Hemisphere observers are to replace north with south, left with right, and Polaris with Sigma Octantis, sometimes called the south pole star. The circumpolar stars move clockwise around Sigma Octantis. East and west are not interchanged.

As seen from the Equator, the two celestial poles

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