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Better check out those coordinates. They appear wrong even in principle. SyntheticET ( talk) 17:59, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm not happy with the statement in this article that it is impossible to have a dark sky at the eclptic poles. The latitude (66.33N) is close to the arctic cirlce, where there can be 24hrs daylight, and conversely some of the 24hrs in twilight, but mostly dark (near the circle, the sun is never far enough below the horizon for part of the day for it to get truly dark). At any given moment on the line of latitude, there will be a point on the opposite side of the planet to the Sun, and therefore in the dark. Alphonsus (talk) 00:29, 27 May 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphonsus ( talk • contribs)
For celestial cartography projects it can be useful to also list the galactic coordinates of the ecliptic poles. If there are no objections, I will add these in the next few days. AstroLynx ( talk) 12:04, 1 July 2016 (UTC)