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Circumpolar Constellation
Constellations which appear around the celestial poles, which never seem to rise or set.
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circumpolar constellation: Any of the constellations so close to the celestial pole that they never set (or never rise) as seen from a given latitude.
Circumpolar constellations change their aspect dramatically throughout the night.
CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATION
A circumpolar is one whose apparent path seems to circle a celestial pole. A circumpolar constellation never sets; it is always above the observer's horizon.
CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATION
A circumpolar constellation is one whose apparent path seems to circle a celestial pole. A circumpolar constellation never sets; it is always above the observer's horizon.
The circumpolar constellation, Ursa Minor.
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Info: Circumpolar constellation without mythological background. None of the stars is particularly bright.
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This Nortern circumpolar constellations was introduced by the Dutch globe-maker Petrus Kaerius in 1613.
The fact that the stars of this circumpolar constellation never set plays an important part in its mythologies.
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An equatorial constellation will change its angle as it passes through the night sky but it will never turn completely upside down like a circumpolar constellation can.
The constellation Cepheus is known as a circumpolar constellation.
This means that it's located near the celestial pole and visible all year round. At least in the northern hemisphere.
It can be seen at latitudes between +4° and -90° and is best visible at 9 p.m. during the month of January. Mensa is one of the 15 circumpolar constellations in the southern sky, never setting under the horizon.
In a third legend, it represents the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece and was killed by Jason. The fact that the stars of this circumpolar constellation never set plays an important part in its mythologies.
Aurora may seem as an obvious obstacle and hardly worth mentioning, but this is only true when the aurora is bright and clearly visible. You should be careful when observing deep sky objects in circumpolar constellations because a faint, ...
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