constellations seen everywhere?
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CONSTELLATIONS -\nhttp://cybnet.co.za/northern.htm\n\nSOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONSTELLATIONS -\nhttp://www.vb-tech.co.za/southern.htm
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stars, planets, comets, meteors
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The US Naval Observatory has this information. Each eclipse in the table has a map you can click on to see where on Earth it could be seen.
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If you want to know the names of celestial objects, you need to be familiar with landmarks in the celestial sphere, such as Polaris, the Big Dipper, Orion, etc. These are easy to find constellations and stars that provide guides to harder to find objects. Get a star gazing guide, or the excellent Starry Night Pro software: http://www.starrynight.com/ .\nIf you mean how to tell satellites from planets and stars, note that objects near Earth do not scintillate (twinkle) like stars. Most satellites move very fast, and are obviously moving too fast for the Earth's rotation to be the only cause. Planets are extremely bright compared to stars and do not scintillate.\nDon't expect to see nebulas and other faraway objects without a (good, not department store style) telescope or a strong pair of binoculars. The only galaxy you can see with the naked eye is our own, the Milky Way, and at that only in non-light polluted areas. I have never seen the Milky Way from NYC, but from the equator, it's a beautiful sight (it's a milky white band across the sky).
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False. One star in a constellation could be a only a few dozen light years away from us, while on right next to it in the constellation might be a galaxy millions of light-years away.  \n\nSecond answer: True, the zodiac is the set of constellations along the elliptic.\n\nThird answer: False, the seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth's axis, not the precession (the movement of the earth's polar axis around the ecliptic pole, a cycle that takes almost 26,000 years).\n\nFouth answer: True.  At winter soltice, the Sun is as far south as it's going to get.
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you have two cases:\n1- you are in the north hemisphere: look for ursa major constellation, it seems like a big kettle with a big handle. now extend the virtual line betwee the far two stars (opposite of handle side), it will nearly pass a single star (the bightest withen it's region) this is polaris (north pole star) and will guid you to north.\n2- you are in the south hemisphere: search for southern cross a group of 5 stars seems like a cross and guids you to south.\n\nnotes: if you found one of them exactly over your head then you are standing on one of the two poles. and if you couldn't find any of them then you are standing on the equatorial.
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As the names tell you, they come from the northern and southern parts of the constellation of Taurus.  These are summer meteor showers, best seen in late July or August, so don't waste time looking for them in November.  For current meteor showers, check www.SkyandTelescope.com or www.spaceweather.com\nNot all meteor showers bear the names of the constellations they appear to come from, but most do.  The remainder are usually named for the comet that produces them.
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Constellations are figments of human imagination.  They are just random stars that appear to have a shape if you look hard enough.
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Constellations. Gemini and Leo are zodiac signs.
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i have only been in a place with a dark night sky a few times in my adult life, but when i was i was excited that i could see many more stars that i usually could not see.  i could also point out things and tell others about them.  i am fascinated by nature and natural science, especially astronomy.  curiosity motivates me, and i want to learn about the bodies in the universe and the evolution of those bodies.  i also want to learn about the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe as a whole.\n\none of the astronomy classes that i have had were lab at the sommers-bausch observatory in boulder, colorado.  we made silver iodide photographs with the twenty-four inch ritchey-chrétien telescope, but the most colorful sight was the trinary system albireo.  albireo b is blue.  albireo a is a binary system, but it looks golden yellow. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albireo
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I would love to visit a planet orbiting a star that has strayed away from the plane of our galaxy. Imagine the night sky lit up by an entire galaxy - a great luminous spiral looming overhead.\n\nThe Valles Marineris must be quite magnificent too. It is largest known canyon in our solar system. Like Grand Canron, much more vast and red.
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It varies place to place and even month to month.\n\nWhat one needs to consider are three things: which are the brightest stars in the sky (as these are going to be the first to be seen as the sky darkens), what times of year are these stars visible RIGHT AT DUSK, and from which parts of the globe are they visible?\n\nThe brightest star in the night sky is Sirius.  Siruis is located in the southern sky, but is visible from the vast majority of the Northern hemisphere because it isn't too far south.  If you're in a part of the world where Sirius can be seen (all but Canada, Alaska, Russia, Scandanavia, etc), and at a time of year when it is in the sky right at dusk (mid winter to early spring), then Sirius (also called the Dog Star) will be the first to be visible.\n\nOther bright stars:\n\nCanopus (visible primarily from the southern hemisphere and the tropics or subtropics)\n\nArcturus (visible throughout the Northern hemisphere, would be in evening sky probably from spring to mid summer)\n\nAlpha Centauri (the closest of all stars, visible primarily from the southern hemisphere and the tropics or subtropics)\n\nVega (the one in the movie Contact, visible throughout the northern hemisphere, in evening sky around late summer through autumn)\n\nCapella (visible throughout the Northern hemisphere, probably in evening sky around winter into early spring)
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Try this website:\n\nhttp://www.starshine.com/frankn/astronomy/constellations.asp
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Hmmm I'm not sure but since astrology doesn't bother to correct itself for the fact that the constellations have drifted one full sign over the lat 2000 years....\n\nMy fortune cookie seems to back me up on this.
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http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/virgo.html\n\nhttp://www.dibonsmith.com/vir_con.htm\n\nhttp://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/virgo.html\n\nhttp://www.allthesky.com/constellations/virgo/
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The exact same constellations do not *appear* in the summer as they do in the winter.  The stars are still in the same place, but we on Earth look out toward a different part of the Universe as we orbit the Sun.  For instance (in the United States), you normally see Orion in the winter, but not in the summer -- and Sagittarius in the summer but not winter.\n\nThese regular seasonal changes occur because of Earth’s revolution around the Sun: Earth’s darkened hemisphere faces in a slightly different direction in space each evening. The change in direction is only about 1° per night—too small to be easily noticed with the naked eye from one evening to the next, but clearly noticeable over the course of weeks and months.  After six months, Earth has reached the opposite side of its orbit, and we face an entirely different group of stars and constellations at night.
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Yes, almot every star we see is a star from this galaxy. Their are also other galaxies, but we see those only as other points of light, since they are so far away, and five planets that usually glow brighter than the rest of the lights. Also tthe brighter part of the galaxy is just a denser cluster of stars, and we do see it, it's the milky white band we see at night from horizon to horizon, it's called the Milky Way.