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Q: Where would you see the most circumpolar stars?
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What range of declination makes stars appear circumpolar?

Subtract your latitude from 90° and that will give the the decollation of circumpolar stars. In northern New Zealand, my latitude is 35°. If I subtract that from 90°, I get 55°. So stars with Declination great than 55° are circumpolar for me.


How many constellations are circumpolar?

There's no answer to this question, because the definition of circumpolar depends on where you are. If you're at the pole, all the constellations you can see are circumpolar. If you're on the equator, there are no circumpolar constellations.


What time of the year can the constellation perseus be seen?

If you're in the northern hemisphere, you should be able to see Perseus throughout the year - just at different times of night, since it's relatively close to the circumpolar stars.


Are more stars circumpolar at the North Pole or in the US?

The simple answer: "at the North Pole". A more detailed answer: ALL stars are "circumpolar" in the sense that they seem to rotate around points above the Earth's poles (called the "celestial poles"), as the Earth turns. But we use that word to mean stars that are close enough to the poles of the sky so that they don't rise or set at the observer's latitude. By that definition, the stars that are 'circumpolar' from any location are those that have "declinations" not less than 90 degrees minus your latitude. Declination is a measure of how far a star is from being above the Earth's equator. Polaris, the "pole star", has a declination of nearly 90 degrees, and is almost exactly above the Earth's North Pole. The greatest possible geographic latitude is 90 degrees, at either pole, so that's where the greatest possible amount of sky is 'circumpolar'. At the north pole, half of the entire sky is visible at any time the sky is clear, during the six months of "night". No star ever rises, and none ever sets. Each one just goes around and around the sky, parallel to the horizon and never moving higher or lower in the sky. And you never see anything that's in the OTHER half of the sky. At the other extreme ... for an observer standing on the Equator, nothing in the sky is circumpolar, and you can see every celestial object sooner or later.


Do most stars shine?

all stars shine, its just a matter or whether or not we can see them

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Where would you see the least number of circumpolar stars?

At the equator, you will see no circumpolar stars.


How many circumpolar stars would you see if standing on the equator?

If you were standing on the equator, how many circumpolar stars would you see?


If you were standing on the north pole how many circumpolar stars would you see?

All stars are circumpolar


Where would you be if you couldn't see any circumpolar stars?

Nothing seen in the sky from a point on the Equator is "circumpolar", meaning that everything in the sky appears to rise and set.


What range of declination makes stars appear circumpolar?

Subtract your latitude from 90° and that will give the the decollation of circumpolar stars. In northern New Zealand, my latitude is 35°. If I subtract that from 90°, I get 55°. So stars with Declination great than 55° are circumpolar for me.


Does Mexico see the same number of circumpolar stars as Ann Arbor?

Yes it does; both places are located on the Northern Hemisphere.


What is a circumpolar satellite?

In astronomy, it is a word denoting a star that from a given observer's latitude does not go below the horizon. For instance, no matter what time of year it is, if I go out on a clear night in Britain I can always see the stars of the plough (big dipper), they are circumpolar. However I can only see Orion in winter, it is not circumpolar.


Is Orion a circumpolar?

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.


How many constellations are circumpolar?

There's no answer to this question, because the definition of circumpolar depends on where you are. If you're at the pole, all the constellations you can see are circumpolar. If you're on the equator, there are no circumpolar constellations.


What is circumpolar when is it visible and list two circumpolar constellations?

At the poles half the sky is circumpolar all the time but you only get to see the stars in winter. They seem to go round a vertical axis. In typical northern hemisphere places constellations like Ursa Minor, Draco, Cassiopeia, Perseus and Cepheus are cirumpolar. If you go to North Norway other constellations like Gemini are circumpolar. It depends on your latitude.


Which stars do you see all year?

You see stars all year which (at your latitude) are circumpolar stars.Your latitude must be where it gets dark enough, so sunlight doesn't interfere too much.That means latitudes below about 60 degrees where "civil twilight" ends (i.e the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon) even at the summer solstice.To see the faintest "naked eye" circumpolar stars all year you would need to be below about latitude 48 degrees.Unfortunately, the lower your latitude the less stars are actually circumpolar.At the equator no stars are circumpolar.Circumpolar stars are stars that never set at your particular latitude, which means their declination is more than 90 minus your latitude (in the Northern Hemisphere).At 51.5 degrees north (London) you can see stars north of a declination of 38.5 degrees north all year round. That includes constellations like Ursa Major and Cassiopeia, and stars like Deneb and Capella.


What constellations are visible to earth during all 12 months of the year these are the circumpolar constellations?

There are dozens, but it would depend on where you live. For example, if you live in the Arctic or Antarctic, you can't see ANY stars at midsummer, when the Sun is up all the time.