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English: Azimuth / Deutsch: Azimut / Español: Azimut / Português: Azimute / Français: Azimut / Italiano: Azimut /
The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the zenith.
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