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What does it mean if the north star sinks below the horizon?
If the North Star sinks below the horizon, it means you are moving southward. The North Star is located directly above the Earth's North Pole, so as you move away from the North Pole towards the equator in a southerly direction, the angle of the North Star above the horizon will decrease, eventually causing it to disappear below the horizon.
When a star travels from a position below the observers horizon to a position above the observers horizon the star is rising?
The star is considered rising. Also, it is setting when it is the opposite (moving from above the horizon to below.)
Altitude is defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon.?
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What is the elevation of the north star?
It depends exactly where you are on Earth. If you are on the Equator, the elevation is 0 degrees. If you are at the North Pole, 90 degrees. Anywhere else in the Northern Hemisphere will fall somewhere in between. If you subtract your latitude from 90 degrees, that will tell you the altitude of the North Star.
If you look up at the north star and it is off the horizon 29degree's what is your latitude?
If the star Polaris is 29 degrees above the horizon, then your latitude is about 29 degrees North.Polaris is not exactly above the North Pole, but it is only about one-half degree away from that.
What does it mean if the north star sinks below the horizon?
If the North Star sinks below the horizon, it means you are moving southward. The North Star is located directly above the Earth's North Pole, so as you move away from the North Pole towards the equator in a southerly direction, the angle of the North Star above the horizon will decrease, eventually causing it to disappear below the horizon.
When a star travels from a position below the observers horizon to a position above the observers horizon the star is rising?
The star is considered rising. Also, it is setting when it is the opposite (moving from above the horizon to below.)
Why does the big dipper not appear to travel from horizon to horizon like the sun?
It is too high in the sky, given it's position near the North Celestial Pole (the North Star), It appears to rotate around the North Star, and in midwestern American latitudes it never dips below the horizon.
What is the altitude of Polaris above the horizon at the tropic of Capricorn?
At the Tropic of Capricorn (approximately 23.5 degrees south latitude), Polaris, the North Star, is not visible and is located below the horizon. Polaris can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere and its altitude above the horizon increases the further north you go.
What is the angle between the northern horizon and the North star Polaris if your latitude is 75 degrees north?
The North star will be 75 degrees above the horizon. Whatever degree you are at latitude, the North star will be the same degrees up. So at the north pole (90 degrees north), the star will be at the zenith (straight up). While at the equator (0 degrees north) the star will be at the horizon.
What is the altitude of the north star from the?
Zero. (It's on the horizon.)
What is the distance of a star in degrees on the horizon as measured from the true north?
That's the star's "azimuth".
What is the distance of a star in degree on the horizon as measured from true north?
That's the star's "azimuth".
What is the distance of a star in degrees on the horizon measured from true north?
That's the star's "azimuth".
Altitude is defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon.?
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The distance of a star in degrees on the horizon as measured from true north?
The distance of a star on the horizon, measured in degrees, is called its azimuth. Azimuth is the angle measured clockwise from true north to the star's position in the sky. It can range from 0° (north) to 360° (back to north).
Is Altitude defined as the distance in degrees of a star below the horizon?
Almost . . ."Altitude" is the apparent angle of the object above the horizon.
