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The First Point of Aries, also known as the Aries Point, is an important astronomical marker in the celestial coordinate system. It is defined as the point in the sky where the ecliptic (the path that the Sun appears to take through the stars) intersects the celestial equator. This intersection occurs at the vernal equinox, which is the point in spring when day and night are approximately equal in length.

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