Drawing of the movement of a constellation in the night sky over several hours?

a drawing of how the stars appear to moveDrawing of the movement of a constellation in the night sky over several hours?stacey,



The stars go from east to west, just like the sun and moon, planets, whatever, because of earth's daily rotation. In the south they reach maximum heights.



There are low star constellations who only climb low above the southern horizon. The more 'upper' constellations seem to rotate around the pole-star (always standing in north), so they can appear above your head, and 7 hours later setting low above the western horizon.Drawing of the movement of a constellation in the night sky over several hours?You could install one of the free planetarium software available on the internet and run the software ahead in time and watch how they move across the sky.



Here is a free one:



www.stellarium.orgDrawing of the movement of a constellation in the night sky over several hours?The stars appear to rotate around the celestial north pole in the northern hemisphere, see the website below

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/01鈥?/a>



Star rise in the east, if they aren't circumpolar (circumpolar stars never set) and set in the west. Furthermore they rise about 4 minutes earlier every night.Drawing of the movement of a constellation in the night sky over several hours?
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