Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Would the constellation Taurus move to the west or east after the winter solstice?
All the constellations move across the sky from east to west, no matter what time of year. But every day, they will rise about four minutes earlier than the previous day as the Earth orbits the sun.Would the constellation Taurus move to the west or east after the winter solstice?The constellations do not move, or at least not in any way detectable during a human lifetime. What moves is the planet Earth. It rotates on its axis once every 24 hours, and revolves around the Sun once every 365.25 days. which makes the stars and constellations APPEAR to move towards the west all the time.Would the constellation Taurus move to the west or east after the winter solstice?Your question smells like a 'precession' problem (the change of earth's axis, and so other constellations, e.g. culminating, on the solstices and equinoxes, meaning e.g. Taurus moving eastwards in this behaviour of the precession only (of course only visible after many years).Would the constellation Taurus move to the west or east after the winter solstice?The constellation Taurus crosses the meridian just before local midnight at the December solstice. After that date, it will appear slightly to the west at the same time each evening until it disappears behind the sun in late spring.
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