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Imagine: Armilla Armilla
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Ring, generally of metal, representing a circle of the celestial sphere in an armillary sphere. The fixed armillae represent the meridian and the horizon, while the mobile rings, which follow the diurnal rotation, indicate the equator, the ecliptic, the solstitial colure, and other circles of the celestial sphere.

 
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