I just want to know why we can't see the constellation Orion at certain times of the year?
Thanks
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Because the individual earths rotation as well as its rotation around the sun blocks it from veiw at times
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Replied to: I just want to know why we can't see the constellation...
Because the earths individual rotation as well as its rotation around the sun blocks it from veiw at times
sorry about that
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Thank you! Can you elaborate a little more or is that as simple as it gets?
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Try this website
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=378
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Replied to: Try this website
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=378
Awesome, thank you! what a great page, I found everything and then some!
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I was studying this in class, and they asked a similar question, and if you think about the way the earth spins, and how the stars stay in the same place, it makes sense.