also, when the Sun rises in the morning and you see it..what is this area? is it same constellation that is everwhere in world at the time the sun rises on that day..how many degrees off from Hong Kong to London. to Los Angeles roughly guessing?
please explain
please explainWhen does the SUN actually show in the direction of the CONSTELLATION it is in? is this possible to see?The distance from the Earth to the Sun is very much greater than the width of the Earth, so the position of an observer on the Earth makes very little difference to the apparent position of the Sun as seen against the background constellations. In fact, the difference is too small to be noticeable to the naked eye.
The maximum difference in the Sun's position as seen simultaneously by two observers on opposite sides of the Earth is 18 arcseconds, which is 1/200th of a degree or 1/100th the width of the Sun.
If you're talking about observers in different places looking at the Sun at the time of their local sunrise (i.e. not simultaneously) then the Earth's motion around the Sun will cause the Sun to be in a slightly different position. In 12 hours, it will have moved through its own diameter against the background stars.When does the SUN actually show in the direction of the CONSTELLATION it is in? is this possible to see?The Sun is always located in one of the 13 constellations of the ecliptic. It is the same constellation anywhere in the world. But you can't see it, because the Sun is too bright, far outshining the stars behind it, even during a total eclipse. Currently the Sun is in Capricornus, so it is impossible to see Capricornus or the constellations on either side, Aquarius and Sagittarius.When does the SUN actually show in the direction of the CONSTELLATION it is in? is this possible to see?When Sun is in a constellation it is the same constellation that everywhere people see with Sun in. Only difference is that of time. If you follow GMT (London) you'll come to know how many hours behind or ahead you are from London. To know longitude of a place, it is easier if you know its time zone.
When it is noon in London (12:00hrs), Los Angeles is as per its Pacific time, at 04:00 AM and Hong Kong at 20:00hrs (8 PM). So Sun rises (with the same constellation) at Hong Kong 8hrs before London and 8hrs behind Los Angeles. Considering the international date line in between these two places, in Los Angeles the Sun rise would be 16 hrs behind Hong Kong.
The constellation in which Sun is situated can be seen only on a total Solar eclipse, when nearby bright stars and the rarely seen Mercury show up. It wouldn't be pitch dark to show all starsdown to 3rd, 4th or 5th magnitudes.
In 1960s a team (of Scientists) took the constellation photo, in which Sun is going to be eclipsed 6 months later. While on eclipse the same area was exposed on photo once again with the black disc of Sun in the middle. On comparing and measuring the distances (angular distances) of stars it was found that the constellation was enlarged, when inter-star distance increased accounting for the gravitational attraction the Sun's massive body exerted on the 'photons' (light) coming from the stars far behind it.
Constellations through which Sun passes is clearly spelt out in any Astrology book as 'Sun signs'. From 21 March to 20 February it is in Aries always %26amp; so on. In that month (March) the constellation that is diametrically opposite to Aries on the Zodiac ('Ecliptic'), dull 'Libra' culminates (crosses Zenith / Meridian at 12:00 midnight) all over the globe, but with the time difference as stated earlier.
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