If you are in phoenix arizona (latitude=+33 degrees) how far in angular measure must a constellation be from Polaris in order Not to be circumpolar?|||If your latitude is 33 degrees, than it needs to be 33 degrees away from the pole to not be circumpolar (note that Polaris is slightly offset itself.
Whatever your latitude is will also be the distance in degrees that a star will need to not be circumpolar.
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Chuck Taylor|||I t depends on how far from the pole the observer is. If you were at the pole, all stars visible would be circumpolar, and if you were on the equator, there would be no circumpolar stars.|||I don't really know!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, September 23, 2011
What are the distances from the sun of the five brightest stars on constellation Orion?
All the websites I found have distances from Earth, but I need distances from the sun.|||The closest of these stars, Bellatrix, is 240 lightYEARS away. The Earth and Sun are 8.3 lightMINUTES apart. And distances of stars are accurate to about 5 to 10%. So the difference in distance of the star from the Earth or the Sun is totally meaningless.
You need a good lesson in the meaning of significant digits.
Rigel: 773 ly
Betelgeuse 427 ly
Bellatrix 240 ly
Alnilam 1340
Alnitak 830 ly|||Bones is right. When you're talking about distances measured in hundreds of light years, you can consider them as given from the center of our solar system. Here is a very nice web page, providing lots of amazing details about the constellations, including Orion. Enjoy it!
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/鈥?/a>|||You can check the Wikipedia link below, it has a list of its brightest stars and links to pages for each of them, including magnitude and distance. You can also use a search engine to find info from other sources.
Only two of the stars are close enough to have the distance measured by means of parallax:
Alpha Orionis, Betelgeuse: 430 ly
Gamma Ori, Bellatrix: 240 ly
The distances for the other stars are only estimated.|||well basically it is exactly the same distance. considering that a lightyear is a huge distance compared to an astronomical unit (distance from the earth to the sun). think about it this way, its like asking someone how far away is the celing to your head? its basically the same wether your talking about to your scalp or to your highest hair....its almost the same thing....so if your teacher is asking how far are the stars and the sites give you from the earth, well that means the sun too!!!! i hope this helps!!!!!!!|||The distance from the earth varies more than the distance from the sun (because we are circling the sun).
You need a good lesson in the meaning of significant digits.
Rigel: 773 ly
Betelgeuse 427 ly
Bellatrix 240 ly
Alnilam 1340
Alnitak 830 ly|||Bones is right. When you're talking about distances measured in hundreds of light years, you can consider them as given from the center of our solar system. Here is a very nice web page, providing lots of amazing details about the constellations, including Orion. Enjoy it!
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/鈥?/a>|||You can check the Wikipedia link below, it has a list of its brightest stars and links to pages for each of them, including magnitude and distance. You can also use a search engine to find info from other sources.
Only two of the stars are close enough to have the distance measured by means of parallax:
Alpha Orionis, Betelgeuse: 430 ly
Gamma Ori, Bellatrix: 240 ly
The distances for the other stars are only estimated.|||well basically it is exactly the same distance. considering that a lightyear is a huge distance compared to an astronomical unit (distance from the earth to the sun). think about it this way, its like asking someone how far away is the celing to your head? its basically the same wether your talking about to your scalp or to your highest hair....its almost the same thing....so if your teacher is asking how far are the stars and the sites give you from the earth, well that means the sun too!!!! i hope this helps!!!!!!!|||The distance from the earth varies more than the distance from the sun (because we are circling the sun).
When Jesus ascended into heaven did he become a constellation of stars?
Lots of Greek heroes and Gods became constellations of stars, so what about Jesus when he ascended into heaven?|||Ha Ha Ha Ha|||Nobody "became" a constellation of stars. Those stars have been in the exact same locations for millenia, if not billenia.
Clearly you don't know a thing about star formation - do some reading about interstellar matter, Jeans-Mass and dust clouds, and you'll find out.|||He remained in His resurrected body and sits on the right hand of the Father.|||He united with Zeus|||In a nutshell, no.|||yeah.................(sarcasm)
Clearly you don't know a thing about star formation - do some reading about interstellar matter, Jeans-Mass and dust clouds, and you'll find out.|||He remained in His resurrected body and sits on the right hand of the Father.|||He united with Zeus|||In a nutshell, no.|||yeah.................(sarcasm)
What season do you see the libra constellation?
i need to know for science. what season does it come out?|||Like any constellation, you can see it best when the Sun isn't in it. The Sun is in Libra from October 31 until November 23. So Libra is visible any time of the year except October, November, and December. You have to get up early in the morning to see it in January through May. It's in the evening sky June through September.
What are the major stars in the constellation ara?
I need to know the names and the brightness of them. Please help.|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_(conste鈥?/a> says Beta Arae is 2.9 mag,
Burnham's Celestial Handbook says it is followed by Alpha, 2.95, Gamma, 3.32 (multiple star), Zeta, 3.16, and quite a few other double, multiple, and variable stars.
Burnham's Celestial Handbook says it is followed by Alpha, 2.95, Gamma, 3.32 (multiple star), Zeta, 3.16, and quite a few other double, multiple, and variable stars.
What constellation is our sun a part of?
I was just wondering if we've actually established this or what?|||The Sun moves through a total of 13 constellations over the course of the year. Or rather, it appears to, since we're the ones moving about it.
Bear in mind that constellations not actually proximate groupings of stars, but directional ones. Each one is basically a block of night sky, centred around an arbitrary "image". The stars within that block are all the same general direction from Earth, but are often nowhere near each other.|||A constellation is simply a star pattern in the sky that human imagination has come up with. Many constellations have stars which are very far apart from each other. We are not a part of any constellation because we have never been far enough away from the Sun to put it in a pattern.|||I don't think we are part of any constellation we have named because thee constellations exist because they are seen like they are only on our perspective and we are in the solar system.|||This month the Sun is in Gemini. Last month it was in Taurus, and next month it'll be in Cancer.
See for example http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky
Bear in mind that constellations not actually proximate groupings of stars, but directional ones. Each one is basically a block of night sky, centred around an arbitrary "image". The stars within that block are all the same general direction from Earth, but are often nowhere near each other.|||A constellation is simply a star pattern in the sky that human imagination has come up with. Many constellations have stars which are very far apart from each other. We are not a part of any constellation because we have never been far enough away from the Sun to put it in a pattern.|||I don't think we are part of any constellation we have named because thee constellations exist because they are seen like they are only on our perspective and we are in the solar system.|||This month the Sun is in Gemini. Last month it was in Taurus, and next month it'll be in Cancer.
See for example http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky
What are the names of the 25 stars that make up the constellation pisces?
I need to know for this science project I'm doind. And it's due tomarrow.|||The link in the first answer doesn't work.
Only some of the stars in this constellation have names:
Alrisha (Alpha Psc), aka Alrescha [Al Rescha, Rescha, El Rischa, Al Richa] or Kaitain or Okda (= the ropes).
Okda (= Knot)
Fum al Samakah (Beta Psc)(=Mouth of the fish)
Torcularis Septentrionalis (Omicron Psc) (=Of the northern wine/oil press)
Alpherg or Kullat-Nunu
van Maanen's star|||Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces. The constellation is comprised of more than 25 stars; however less than 25 have proper names.
Only some of the stars in this constellation have names:
Alrisha (Alpha Psc), aka Alrescha [Al Rescha, Rescha, El Rischa, Al Richa] or Kaitain or Okda (= the ropes).
Okda (= Knot)
Fum al Samakah (Beta Psc)(=Mouth of the fish)
Torcularis Septentrionalis (Omicron Psc) (=Of the northern wine/oil press)
Alpherg or Kullat-Nunu
van Maanen's star|||Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces. The constellation is comprised of more than 25 stars; however less than 25 have proper names.
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