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Q: What direction do the stars appear to drift across the sky over a year?
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What direction did Regulus move across the sky from?

Regulus stars appear to move across the sky from East to West (:


What direction does the sun moon and stars move across the sky?

Since Earth's surface is rotating toward the east, "fixed" celestial bodies appear to be moving toward the west.


In which direction do the stars appear to move?

In the northern hemisphere they appear to move counter clockwise; In the southern hemisphere they appear to move clockwise.


Toward which direction do the stars appear to move throughout the night and what is the reason for motion?

Just like the Sun and the Moon, stars appear to move towards the west. The reason is that Earth rotates in the opposite direction - towards the east.


Explain why stars appear to move across the sky each night why are some stars only visible doing certain seasons?

Stars appear to move across the sky each night because the earth is moving, but not the stars. Also some stars are only visible during certain seasons because as the earth rotates, they become visible.


Why do stares appear to move across the sky during night?

cos some are shooting stars and comets! and stars move around


What makes the stars appear to move accros the night sky and in what direction do they move?

because the earth moves(:


Why do patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to move across the sky nightly?

The patterns appear the same because the stars are so far away that their movement is not apparent to our eyes. They move across the sky because the earth is rotating and that makes it look like the stars are moving. Just like the sun does not move across the sky, the earth rotates and the sun appears to move, the same is with the stars.


Why do stars appear to move across the sky during the night?

stars don't move across the sky, we orbit the sun, as you should know, and as we orbit the sun we see the stars as moving but in all actuality we are just changing position and seeing the stars at a different perspective


Why pole star looks stationary while all other stars appear to move?

As the Earth spins on it axis, the stars appear to move across the sky as we see them from the Earths surface. The pole star does not shift much from its position throughout the night though. This is because the axis about which the Earth is turning is pointing in its direction, towards the north (and out towards the south too).


Can you drift on f1 race stars?

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Do the stars and the and sun move across the sky?

They appear to move across the sky because of the position of the viewer on a rotating planet with a moving field of view.