A star or planet becoming visible after occultation.
♦ Perpetual apparition of the lesser northern circles, wherein the stars being above the horizon, never set.
·noun The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. II. Apparition ·noun The act of becoming visib...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A circle of the heavens parallel to the equator, and at a distance from the pole of any place equal ...
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