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Celestial may refer to:
[edit] Science
- Sky objects, bodies and the following astronomy terms:
- Astronomical objects, see for detailed description of celestial bodies and objects
- Celestia, a 3D astronomy program that allows users to travel through the universe
- Celestial coordinate system, a system for mapping positions on the celestial sphere
- Celestial mechanics, the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects
- Celestial navigation, a position fixing technique that helps sailors cross the oceans
- Celestial sphere, an imaginary sphere concentric with the Earth – all objects in the sky can be thought of as projected upon the celestial sphere
- Celestial spheres, fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus and others
[edit] Television
[edit] Animal kingdom
- Celestial Eye, a breed of goldfish related to the Telescope eye
- Celestial Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), also known as Pacific Parrotlet and Lesson's Parrotlet
[edit] Games and comics
- Celestial (comics), a race of powerful alien beings in Marvel Comics
- Celestials (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of angel-like beings in the Dungeons & Dragons game
- Various usages of "Celestial" in the mmorpg Dofus including monsters, attacks and items.
- Various usages of "Celestial" in the video game Ōkami, the most prominent is the Celestial Brush
- There is a celestial in Touhou, Known as Tenshi Hinanai. Celestials in Touhou are described to be former humans, and can be divided into 2 classes: those who gained immortality and ascended to heaven, and those who attained enlightenment and entered Nirvana.
[edit] Religion
- Celestial Kingdom, the highest of three heavens or heavenly kingdoms in Mormon theology
- Heaven
- Supernatural beings that dwell in heaven such as divinities and angels
[edit] See also