Saturday, September 10, 2011

What constellation(s) is prominent in the western sky?

Is there a prominent constellation in the western night sky that could represent the west? Like how the Southern Cross represents the south on Australia's flag?|||No. Because the Earth rotates east-west, the constellations in the western sky are constantly changing.|||No, there is a continual change of constellations as the Earth turns. If you check out the constellations in the Equinox and the region of the Equator, you can see different ones at different times and different dates.





BTW, the Southern Cross (Constellation Crux) appears on more flags than any other constellation. I'll leave the exercise of looking at them to you and other readers.

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