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The North Star, Polaris, is about half-way between the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia.
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What is the difference between the sun and a big gas planet?
The sun is a star and the gas planet is a planet.
How big is a small star like astronomy not celebrities?
how big is the star of matarkik
Pitcher of big dipper in sky?
The Little Dipper, Draco the Dragon, Cassiopeia - just to name a few
What is a star that never sets at latitude?
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.
How can you see the big dipper upside down?
if you do it at a different time and turn the planisphere, then look at the Big Dipper and it might be upside down. I know it cuz im learnin bout it, RIGHT NOW! lol
How big is cassiopeia?
its very big
What is the constellation that contains the polestar?
The Polestar is in Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper. The Big Dipper and Ursa Minor and Cassiopeia are all near the Pole Star.
How big is the constellation Cassiopeia?
It's not a terrifically large constellation, but it is easy to recognize as a large, irregular "W". It wheels around the North Star opposite the Big Dipper. When the dipper is up, Cassiopia is down, and vice-versa.
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How can the north star be used for determining direction?
Find the North Star, and turn to face it. You're now facing with a degree of True North.If you're not sure where it is, look for the Big Dipper, and the Chair of Cassiopeia (which looks sort of like a giant W in the sky). The north star is between them. Follow the line between the two stars at the lip of the "bowl" of the big dipper, and follow the line for 7 times the distance between the bowl stars, sort of toward Cassiopeia. Most of the stars out there are pretty darned faint, but Polaris, the North Star, is the brightest of the ones in that part of the sky. Polaris is, in fact, the DIMMEST of the 58 "navigational stars" used by celestial navigators.If you're in a dark sky area away from city lights, AND if you have pretty good vision, you might be able to see the "little dipper", with Polaris at the tip of the handle. (Don't bother to look for it if you're in town; you probably won't see it.)
What is the difference between a super giant star and a blue star?
one is big one is small
What is the difference between a giant star and a super-giant star?
one is big one is small
How big is supernova cassiopeia?
Currently the expanding cloud from the supernova remnant is about 10 light years across.
Why is the Cassiopeia constellation visible all year long?
Cassiopeia and Ursa Major (also known as the Big Dipper) are only visible all year long if you live in the northern hemisphere north of about 30 degrees North. For people south of that, it's only visible sometimes, and south of 30 degrees South, it isn't visible at all. Our Australian readers have never seen it, unless they've visited somewhere north of the equator.The reason is that Cassiopeia and Ursa Major are circum-polar at these latitudes; they never set, but they travel in big circles around Polaris, the North Star.
When Using a star wheel what are some constellations that never seems to go behind the window?
If you live in the USA or Europe, they're most likely Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, the Big and Little Dippers, Cassiopeia, Draco, Cepheus, and maybe Perseus.
How big and small can a star be?
A mass of a star can be anything between 0.1 solar masses to 100 solar masses.
What are the 3 main constellations that appear all year round in the northern hemisphere?
Little dipper, Big dipper and Cassiopeia
