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Q: What constellations help us find Polaris?
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How did stars help us find are way north to south?

In the northern hemisphere, we used to rely on locating where Polaris is in the sky, which is almost directly over the North Pole. The angle of Polaris above the horizon corresponds to your latitude so Polaris helped many sea navigators to find their was north or south.


How are constellations important in the solar system?

There are no constellations in the solar system. They can only be seen from Earth and from the other planets in the Solar System. They can help us learn about the rest of space and the Solar System itself. We can also study stars in the constellations and help us learn about our own star, the Sun.


How does the constellations help us with every day life?

They help us to map the night sky, but don't tend to help us from day to day. Some people called astrologers (not astronomers) believe that their positions in the sky will have an effect on our lives, but that's just nonsense.


How might someone use constellations today?

Today, people use constellations for navigation, stargazing, and storytelling. They can help individuals locate specific stars or planets in the night sky, and provide a framework for understanding the universe around us. Additionally, constellations continue to inspire creativity and imagination in various forms of art and literature.


What are uses of constellation?

Constellations are used as a way of mapping surrounding space so that's its easier for us to find certain planets/stars alot easier. Also in history these constellations have being used for Astrology which is suposerly a way of reading ones future, hope this helps


What type of stars does the constellation have?

Constellations do not exist in space; the constellations, the patterns of stars in the sky and the names that we give them, exist only in our minds. There isn't actually any connection between the stars, and when we travel to other stars, we'll find that the constellations that are familiar to us will disappear.However, the constellations that we see are primarily composed of especially bright stars. If they weren't bright, we wouldn't have noticed them!


Can constellations help us detirmine direction?

Yes. If you have an accurate watch and a sextant, you can calculate your position quite accurately. But even without those tools, there is one constellation that will help you find north (if you are in the northern hemisphere). That constellation is Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper. Follow the two stars at the lip of the bowl of the dipper for seven times their separation, and you will (weather permitting) see a solitary, not-particularly-bright star. That star is Polaris, the North Star. The direction of that star is within one-half degree of true north.


What are the constellations that can be seeb in the Philippines?

The same ones as in the US.


What does a scale help us to find?

it helps us find our wait


What have astronomers done to enable us to locate constellations?

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What lesson does the big dipper teach us?

The big dipper can show us the location of the Northern Star, Polaris. By drawing a line between the stars that make up the leading edge of the dipper (across from the handle), you can follow it away from the bottom part of the dipper and find Polaris nearby.


What colour is the polaris?

The largest of the three-star system which appears to us as the single star, Polaris, is a yellow supergiant.