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The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space.  It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origin of longitude, to the direction of the ascending node, measured in a reference plane.  The ascending node is the point where the orbit of the object passes through the plane of reference, as seen in the adjacent image. Commonly used reference planes and origins of longitude include:

For a geocentric orbit, Earth's equatorial plane as the reference plane, and the First Point of Aries as the origin of longitude.  In this case, the longitude is also called the right ascension of the ascending node, or RAAN.  The angle is measured eastwards (or, as seen from the north, counterclockwise) from the First Point of Aries to the node.
For a heliocentric orbit, the ecliptic as the reference plane, and the First Point of Aries as the origin of longitude.  The angle is measured counterclockwise (as seen from north of the ecliptic) from the First Point of Aries to the node.
For an orbit outside the Solar System, the plane tangent to the celestial sphere at the point of interest (called the plane of the sky) as the reference plane, and north, i.e. the perpendicular projection of the direction from the observer to the North Celestial Pole onto the plane of the sky, as the origin of longitude.  The angle is measured eastwards (or, as seen by the observer, counterclockwise) from north to the node., pp. 40, 72, 137; , chap. 17.In the case of a binary star known only from visual observations, it is not possible to tell which node is ascending and which is descending.  In this case the orbital parameter which is recorded is the longitude of the node, Ω, which is the longitude of whichever node has a longitude between 0 and 180 degrees., chap. 17;, p. 72.