Why are some constellations visible year-round, while others appear only part of the year?

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Jesus Kane

22 April, 08:10

Why are some constellations visible year-round, while others appear only part of the year?

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Zackery Yu · Answer 1

Circumpolar constellations stay in the sky. Because of the rotation of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun, we divide the stars and constellations into two groups. Some stars & constellations never rise nor set, and they are called circumpolar.

Kayden Salinas · Answer 2

Circumpolar constellations stay in the sky. Because of the rotation of the Earth and its orbit around the sun, we divide the stars and constellations into 2 groups. Some stars and constellations never rise nor never set, and they are called circumpolar. Thus only some constellations are visible year - round