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Feb 10, 2011 · As a result, the stars appear to rise, cross the sky, and set four minutes earlier each night. This amounts to a whole hour earlier in 15 days and two hours earlier in 30 days.
- The Sky at The North Pole
- Latitude and Longitude
- The Sky at Other Latitudes
- Finding Direction by The Stars
- Effects of Longitude
We’ll start with the local sky at the North Pole, which is probably the easiest local sky to understand. If you add a little stick figure person standing at the North Pole to Figure 2.9, the person would be oriented as shown in Figure 2.10. Imagine that you are standing at that position. Earth itself would be blocking your view of the southern half...
Stating both a latitude and a longitude therefore pinpoints a location on Earth. For example, as Figure 2.11 shows, Miami lies at about 26° N latitude and 80° W longitude.
Look again at Figure 2.10, and notice that the horizon at the North Pole cuts the celestial sphere in half. In fact, the horizon must always cut the celestial sphere in half — that is why the local sky always looks like a dome (which is a half-sphere, or hemisphere). The only thing that changes for other latitudes is the angle at which your horizon...
If you study the diagrams showing how the local sky at different latitudes cuts through the celestial sphere, and use a little geometry, you’ll notice these interesting facts: 1. For anyone living in the Northern Hemisphere: The north celestial pole is located in your local sky due north at an altitude that is equal to your latitude. For example, i...
Note that although the sky varies with latitude, it does notvary with longitude, because longitude has no effect on the angle at which your horizon cuts through the celestial sphere. For example, Charleston (South Carolina) and San Diego (California) are at about the same latitude, so people in both cities see the same set of constellations at nigh...
Aug 11, 2009 · Stars rise in the east and set in the west, just like the sun and moon do. The Earth spins from west to east, so everything in the sky comes into view as we spin towards it and leaves our view as ...
Apr 4, 2017 · It's because the Earth spins from west to east, so everything in the sky comes into view as we spin towards it and leaves our view as we spin away from it. But depending on where you are, not all stars rise and set.
Jan 5, 2017 · The stars in the constellation Orion, the hunter, are almost directly above the Equator. From almost anywhere on Earth, the stars of Orion rise and then set roughly 12 hours later.
In summary: Some stars rise directly east, heading to the right, then cross the high southern sky, and eventually set directly west. Other stars rise in the southeast and follow shorter, lower arcs across the south before setting in the southwest.
Rise and Set Stars. During the rotation of the earth, some stars rise from below the eastern horizon and later set below the western horizon. Appropriately enough, these stars are called rise and set stars. They are indicated by the yellow star trails in the animation to the left.
