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Yes. If you have an accurate watch and a sextant, you can calculate your position quite accurately. But even without those tools, there is one constellation that will help you find north (if you are in the northern hemisphere). That constellation is Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper.
Follow the two stars at the lip of the bowl of the dipper for seven times their separation, and you will (weather permitting) see a solitary, not-particularly-bright star. That star is Polaris, the North Star. The direction of that star is within one-half degree of true north.
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How are constellations important in the solar system?
There are no constellations in the solar system. They can only be seen from Earth and from the other planets in the Solar System. They can help us learn about the rest of space and the Solar System itself. We can also study stars in the constellations and help us learn about our own star, the Sun.
What constellations help us find Polaris?
Ursa major and USA minor
How many constalation are there in your galaxy?
That doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a direction in space; you don't count constellations per galaxy or similar regions in space. There are 88 or 89 constellations (depending how you count them); these constellations cover all the directions around us, and are not related to any specific galaxy.
Why you only see some of the constellations at any time of the year?
Because the Earth travels around the sun, so there are always some of the constellations in the direction of the sun ... which of course is a terrible direction to try and see stars. But after a month or two, the Earth swings us around a little farther, and then those particular stars are not in the direction of the sun any more, and we can see them at night again.
How does the constellations help us with every day life?
They help us to map the night sky, but don't tend to help us from day to day. Some people called astrologers (not astronomers) believe that their positions in the sky will have an effect on our lives, but that's just nonsense.
Why are constellations seen all year?
Because we are in the Milky Way galaxy, where there are huge numbers of stars in every direction from us that can be seen any time the sun isn't up in the sky.
What are the constellations that can be seeb in the Philippines?
The same ones as in the US.
Why literature as a signpost?
Signpost: from the past, it help us to go to the right direction.
What have astronomers done to enable us to locate constellations?
noting
How does the sun help us finding direction?
You can see alot further in the direction you're going and see the compass more easier
What causes the apparent brightness or size of stars constellations and galaxies?
The size of stars depends on their mass and the stage of their life cycle. Constellations are just stars which happen to lie in the same general direction from Earth, and have nothing really to do with each other. Apparent brightess of a star or galaxy is the result of its intrinsic brightness and its distance from us.
What was a direction cause of the Panic of 1837?
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