Wednesday, September 21, 2011

How does the night time sky change from the beginning of winter to middle to end?

and how does the night time sky differ in winter compared to summer?



are the constellations unseeable that were observed in winter night time sky in summer? (assuming in northern hemispherer?



how about Spring and Autumn night time skies.



please describe and explain.



Thanks for your answers~!How does the night time sky change from the beginning of winter to middle to end?
The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate around once. And there are 12 months in a year. So, if a season is 3 months long, then you can see all of the early evening night sky for the whole season in just 6 hours of watching on a single night. Just start in the early evening early in the season.



Of course, this ignores how the length of the day and night changes, and the movements of planets, asteroids and satellites and meteor showers.How does the night time sky change from the beginning of winter to middle to end?
For simplicity let's start in the summer. As the summer season lengthens, most stars and constellations will move gradually southward, just as does the sun. This apparent movement continues into winter when some of the stars and constellations will be close to or below the southern horizon. At the same time stars and constellations that had been farther to the north in summer will now be more overhead. As winter lengthens, the whole movement reverses and objects begin moving norhtward.
The earth rotates in 23h 56m, so as the day is 24h, stars rise 4 minutes earlier every day. That's 2 hours a month, so the sky you see at 11p.m.on 1 November is the same at 9 p.m. on 1 December, 7 p.m. on 1 January and so on.

If you continue this calculation, you'll find that later in the year, those same stars will be in the sky during the daytime. So no, you can't see the winter stars in the summer, because the sun is in the way!

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