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Are Only stars close to the ecliptic are located in constellations?
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No, constellations cover the entire area of the sky.
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What meant by Group of stars near ecliptic?
The ecliptic is the path the sun seems to follow through our sky. Some stars are grouped near the ecliptic, such as the constellations that make up the zodiac.
Can circumpolar stars be included in the zodiac?
No. The Zodiac are 12 constellations that lie in the plane of the ecliptic; circumpolar ("moving around the pole") stars are well above or below the ecliptic.
What is the yearly path through the stars taken by the Sun is?
That's the "ecliptic". It's an imaginary circular line in the sky that's inclined 23.5 degrees to the Celestial Equator, and intersects the CE at the equinoxes. The constellations along the line are the constellations of the Zodiac.
What is the imaginary plane surface formed by the earth as it revolves around the sun is known as the?
The plane of the earth's orbit is referred to as the Ecliptic plane.It also forms the line in the sky that the sun appears to travel through the stars during the course of a year, called the Ecliptic. The constellations of the Zodiac are the constellations arranged around the Ecliptic.
How is galaxies and constellations not alike?
one thing galaxy's have planets but not constellations another... constellations look like that the stars are close but the aren't
Are all-stars constellations?
Constellations are patterns of stars, so stars cannot be constellations.
In which constellation will you find the bright star?
There are several bright stars. Planets move around the Ecliptic, covering 13 constellations or so. Note that planets look like stars, but are not currently considered stars. Also note that some of the planets look brighter (to us) than any real star. Other than planets, the brightest stars are the Sun (also changes through the constellations of the Ecliptic), Sirius (Canis Major), Canopus (Carina), and Toliman (Centaurus).
What constellations are close to the constellation Pisces?
There is no distance from earth, as all the stars are at different distances!:))
Why are stars constellations?
Constellations are not stars. Groups of stars that look like they form various objects or shapes are called constellations.
What is the ecliptic and how are the zodiac constellations different from the rest of the constellations?
The Ecliptic describes our view of the stars in the sky that (approximately) traces out the apparent position of our Sun against distant stars over each year. The area known as the Zodiac is a band about 18 degrees wide centered on the Ecliptic. All constellations are fanciful human interpretations of patterns of stars and galaxies in the night sky. Zodiac constellations are no different than other constellations except that they are patterns in that 18 degree band in the sky. As the Earth moves around the Sun in the plane of the Ecliptic so do the other planets, all at slightly different angles to the plane and with different orbital times so that appear to take the same approximate path as the Sun and our Moon. As the background star patterns change only over millions of years the changing position of the Sun, Moon and planets seem to wander aimlessly about the Zodiac band. The study of these wanderers (Greek planome: I wander) was the forerunner of modern Astronomy and the pseudoscience of Astrology.
Patterns of stars are called what?
Patterns of stars are called constellations.
Where is the constellation located in the sky?
All the stars in the sky have been assigned to 88 separate constellations, so there are constellations all over the sky.
