Editing Celestial chamber

[[File:CelestialChamber.jpg|thumb|right|Apollo scans Gamma frequencies for a signal.]]
'''Celestial chambers''' (or '''celestial temples''') are areas on ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' and other {{TOS|Battlestar|battlestars}} where navigational readings were taken hundreds of [[yahren]] prior to the [[Battle of Cimtar|destruction of]] the {{TOS|Twelve Colonies|Colonies}}. 

Over the hundreds of yahren in the later-half of the [[Thousand-Yahren War]], celestial chambers were mostly removed from battlestars in the Colonial service, as their use was superseded by advanced technologies.

At the interior center of the dome is a single-user console with a crane-suspended sextant-like device. The console features a [[scanner]] that allows for visual reception of transmissions, including those on the later-disused [[gamma frequency]] band. 

Celestial chambers are built with a semi-spherical shell of [[transparent tylinium]], which could be shuttered over when not in use {{OS|The Hand of God}}.

== A Fateful Signal ==
[[File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo 11 Transmission.jpg|thumb|Starbuck accidentally toggles a switch at the chamber's console before leaving, allowing receipt of [[w:Apollo_11|a cleaner transmission]]... {{OS|The Hand of God}}.]]
In the aftermath of [[Battle of Cimtar|the Exodus]], Captain {{TOS|Apollo}} happens upon an unused and, perhaps the last remaining, celestial chamber housed near one of ''Galactica'''s engines accessible by a lone hatch.  Being the only known celestial chamber in existence, Apollo repairs it over time, introducing it to Lieutenants [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Sheba]], and [[Cassiopeia]], during a personal excursion. During this introduction, they happen upon a distorted [[gamma frequency]] signal, which is later lost during the [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge]].

Apollo attempts to rediscover the transmission, but fails to do so... although, unbeknownst to him, Starbuck trips a toggle switch on his way out, and this allows a cleaner version of the [[w:Apollo_11|signal to be received]] {{OS|The Hand of God}}.

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==Notes==

* The celestial chamber is reminiscent of a 17th century Earth seafarer's navigational tool called a [[Wikipedia:Sextant|sextant]]. Sextants, too, are all but obsolete as  technology developed, but are popular collectors' items.

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File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo Seats Himself.jpg|Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] seats himself at the console {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo At Console.jpg|Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] seats himself at the console, with the chamber's shutters opened {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber.jpg|Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] shows off at the console of the chamber, with [[Sheba]], [[Cassiopeia]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] looking ou into space {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Sheba and Apollo at Console.jpg|Lieutenant [[Sheba]] and Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] receive an [[Gamma frequency|interesting transmission]] at the console {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo with Sextant.jpg|In the aftermath of the [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge]], Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] looks through the eyepiece of a crane-mounted sextant-like device {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo Hits a Button with His Laser Pistol.jpg|As he departs, Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s [[laser pistol]] handle hits a button on the console... {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - After Apollo Hits a Button with His Laser Pistol.jpg|The console is given a new directive but the handle of Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s [[laser pistol]], with him unaware {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
File:TOS - Hand of God - Celestial Chamber - Apollo and Starbuck Leave Through a Hatch.jpg|Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Lieutenant [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] leave through the hatch {{OS|The Hand of God}}.
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