it is circumpolar if the body has a declination greater than the co-latitude, that is 90 degrees minus the latitude of the observer
For example, if you live at a latitude of 50° north, the circumpolar stars will be all stars that are up to 50° around the celestial north pole. As another example, if you live at a latitude 30° south of the equator, the circumpolar stars will be all those that are in a circle up to 30° around the celestial south pole.
Most natural celestial objects do this; exceptions would be any fixed star that is 'circumpolar'-- they are close enough to the celestial poles that they never appear to dip below the observer's horizon. Which stars are circumpolar depends on the latitude of the observer.
Stars near the north celestial pole and the south celestial pole become "circumpolar" at high latitudes. They "circle around the pole". For example, the star Polaris never sets anywhere in the northern hemisphere. Constellations like the Big Dipper, Draco or Cassiopeia are "circumpolar" north of about 30 degrees north latitude. While there is no "south pole star", a constellation such as the Southern Cross is circumpolar south of about 40 degrees South.
Northern circumpolar constellations revolve around the north celestial pole in a counterclockwise manner. They never seem to rise or set, in regards to the horizon. Every 24 hours they seem to complete a revolution around Polaris, the North Star. Because the Earth is a sphere, the number of circumpolar constellations that one sees depends on one's location from the North Pole. At the North Pole, every constellation in the night sky is circumpolar. Below the equator, one cannot see a single circumpolar constellation. These are the common circumpolar constellations of 40-50 degrees N latitude: Ursa Major Ursa Minor Cassiopeia Cepheus Draco
No. All circumpolar constellations are found near the celestial poles. Because of their proximity to the poles, they never disappear from view. Sagittarius is on the ecliptic and thus (like all other zodiac constellations) not close enough to the poles to render it circumpolar.
For example, if you live at a latitude of 50° north, the circumpolar stars will be all stars that are up to 50° around the celestial north pole. As another example, if you live at a latitude 30° south of the equator, the circumpolar stars will be all those that are in a circle up to 30° around the celestial south pole.
no they move counter clock wise
They're constellations which appear around the celestial poles, which never seem to rise or set.
No. All circumpolar constellations are found near the celestial poles. Because of their proximity to the poles, they never disappear from view. Sagittarius is on the ecliptic and thus (like all other zodiac constellations) not close enough to the poles to render it circumpolar.
Most natural celestial objects do this; exceptions would be any fixed star that is 'circumpolar'-- they are close enough to the celestial poles that they never appear to dip below the observer's horizon. Which stars are circumpolar depends on the latitude of the observer.
Stars near the north celestial pole and the south celestial pole become "circumpolar" at high latitudes. They "circle around the pole". For example, the star Polaris never sets anywhere in the northern hemisphere. Constellations like the Big Dipper, Draco or Cassiopeia are "circumpolar" north of about 30 degrees north latitude. While there is no "south pole star", a constellation such as the Southern Cross is circumpolar south of about 40 degrees South.
All stars are circumpolar, but the term has come to be applied to those starsthat never set, as seen from a given latitude.Any star that's within (your latitude) of the celestial pole doesn't set, as seenfrom your latitude.If you're working from a celestial almanac, look for stars for which(star's declination) plus (your latitude) is greater than 90° .
A celestial body is any physical body beyond the earth's atmosphere.
No sun doesn't revolve to any celestial body, but the celestial body revolve around the sun.
The Space Station is no a celestial body. Celestial bodies are natural -- not man made.
The moonMoon is the closet celestial body.
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