Friday, September 16, 2011

When is the constellation Ursa Major visible in the night sky?

What Days and what time can you see the constellation Ursa Major in the sky|||Most of the dipper stars are circumpolar. If you are far enough north, they are always visible--just as the north star is always visible.





Right now Ursa Major is almost directly overhead at dusk, latitude 45 degrees north.|||If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, you can see it all night long, except below 20 degrees north, where it is below the horizon for a short time. Right now, at 40 degrees north latitude, it can be seen almost directly overhead at 10 PM.|||It depends on your latitude. If you are north of 45 deg N, all of Ursa Major is always above the horizon. The further south you are of that, the more of it will sink below the horizon. If you are south of 45 deg South, none of it will ever be visible.|||This constellation is always visible in most of the northern hemishpere. The relationship of this constellation to the north star (Polaris) and it's constant visibility make it a reliable direction-finding tool.|||all year. In the spring it is high in the northern sky, in the fall it's low in the northern sky

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