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Stars appear to rotate about a point in the sky Which direction does this point lie in?
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∙ 15y ago
No. The earth rotates, not the stars. yelp! stars rotate around the earth gravaltational pull receptic system. The answer to this question is impossible to find because you don't rotate around objects, you revolve around them. So a better question would be "Do stars revolve around the Earth?" The answer to that question is no. Now stars do rotate, but most of them don't revolve around anything. (Some revolve around other stars.)
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe north star that the little dipper handle points to. It appears to stay in the same spot because its in the middle of the sky. While all the other stars are moving because they are not in the middle while Earth rotates.
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∙ 13y agoStars appear to move in the sky because the earth is rotating on it's axis and around the sun. there is also a very small degree of movement because of the galaxy rotating on its own centre of gravity.
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∙ 14y agoI'd think they would seem to shift East to west.
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∙ 8y agoNorth or South - depending on which hemisphere you are in.
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∙ 8y agoStars in the northern hemisphere rotate around the sky's north pole. The star Polaris, a.k.a. North Star, is about 1 degree from this north pole.
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∙ 13y agobecause of earths rotation
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∙ 13y agoPolaris is that star currently.
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∙ 8y agoPolaris, it is the North Star
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What does the point on the point star mean?
Perhaps the questioner means the "pointer stars" which are two stars on the Big Dipper which appear to lie on a line connecting them to the North Star.
What causes the stars to appear to make one complete circle around polaris every 24 hours?
The stars all rotate about an imaginary axis line that goes through the poles of the earth. From our veiw point, the fixed stars will move across the sky, corresponding to this spin. The polaris star is almost on this imaginary axis line - if you were to carry on extending it out to this star.
To turn around a center point?
To turn around a centre point is to rotate.
Can sporadic meteors appear from any point in the sky and travel to any direction even upwards?
"Sporadic meteors" can indeed arrive from any direction at any time, unlike meteors in a "meteor shower". A meteor shower arrives from a direction called the radiant, and it if is low in the sky it is possible for a meteor to appear to travel upwards, although in 3D it is always travelling downwards. A useful model is driving in a snow storm. The flakes appear to radiate from a point ahead and just above the horizontal.
What direction does the Earth rotate?
The Earth rotates in an anticlockwise (counterclockwise) direction when viewed from above the north pole.The Earth rotates counterclockwise (anticlockwise) if looked 'down' from above, from over the north pole.Every point on Earth rotates from west to east (except the poles,since there's no east or west at them).
How does the big dipper appear to be moving in relation to the star polaris?
The Dipper appears to rotate in a East to West direction around the celestial North Pole - which is a point that is very close to Polaris.
Do Stars move in clockwise or counter clockwise direction?
If you stand at any point in the earth's northern hemisphere, the stars appear to move counterclockwise around the north pole of the sky. If you stand at any point in the earth's southern hemisphere, the stars appear to move clockwise around the south pole of the sky. Both of these appearances are exactly that ... appearance. The stars don't move, at least not fast enough for a human being to perceive their motion over the course of a lifetime. The apparent motion of the stars is due to the rotation of the earth, which continually rotates a person's direction of view.
What exactly is the north star?
It is a star called Polaris. It is not a particularly bright star. It is important though. As seen from the Northern Hemisphere, it is normally seen to be in the same location and all other stars appear to rotate around that point.
Do stars spin?
Stars don't spin, but they do move. While the Earth is rotating and revolving at the same time, the stars appear to move clockwise (from the northern hemisphere's point of view) and appear to move diagonally. On top of this, the stars are pure energy, which makes them move back and forth across the night sky. This makes the stars very confusing when monitoring them. so, in short, the stars themselves do not spin, but they do move.Stars do rotate around their axis's, but much slower that planets. The sun for examplerotatesaround it's axis once every 26 days at it's equator. The sunactuallyrotates slower at is poles, taking 34 days to rotate once.
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What is a North celestial pole?
The north celestial pole is a certain point in the sky, near a star called Polaris, around which all the stars appear to rotate. It's the point in the sky that's directly over your head when you stand at the Earth's north pole.
Are the stars in a contellation related and How?
The stars in a constellation are, in general, totally unrelated. They just happen to be in the same direction, from our point of view.
Are stars in a constellation are in the same part of the sky?
The stars in a constellation are roughly in the same direction, from our point of view, if that's what you mean.
What does the point on the point star mean?
Perhaps the questioner means the "pointer stars" which are two stars on the Big Dipper which appear to lie on a line connecting them to the North Star.
What imaginary point around which southern hemisphere stars rotate is south pole?
In the northern hemisphere, we have a moderately bright star called 'Polaris' or the 'North Star' ... that happens to be located near the north pole of the sky, and the stars appear to revolve around it once a day. The stars appear to do the same in the southern hemisphere. But it's a little less obvious, because there's no particularly bright star near the south pole of the sky.
What causes the stars to appear to make one complete circle around polaris every 24 hours?
The stars all rotate about an imaginary axis line that goes through the poles of the earth. From our veiw point, the fixed stars will move across the sky, corresponding to this spin. The polaris star is almost on this imaginary axis line - if you were to carry on extending it out to this star.
Are Stars in a Constilation related?
The word is "constellation". No. Most of the stars in a constellation are unrelated; they just happen to be in the same general direction, from our point of view.
