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Originally Posted by toc
...or is it simply the south celestial pole?
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Nope. If you were facing the intersection of the meridian and the celestial equator, your back would be to the South Celestial Pole. It's due South (obviously), at an altitude above the horizon equal to your latitude.
If you drew a line from the SCP to the intersection of the celestial equator and the meridian, it would traverse exactly 90 degrees of sky and pass through the point directly over head (the point directly overhead is known as the zenith).