Polaris has long guided travelers with its fixed spot in the night sky Earth's axis points to Polaris, making it a vital ...

Regarding the right ascensions and declinations of celestial objects for the purposes of amateur astronomy, some coordinates ...

Local noon will generally differ from 12:00 because of: a longitude correction from the standard meridian of your time zone, and the correction to sundial, due to the Sun's non-uniform eastward motion ...

“The vernal equinox occurs at the precise point where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect,” it added. The intersection is called the First Point of Aries, according to PAGASA. But due the ...

At 9.01am today, March 20th, the sun crossed the Earth’s equator, marking the vernal equinox, the date when the direction of sunrise is due east and sunset due west. The Earth’s axis is at ...

We can officially say goodbye to winter on Thursday at 5:01 a.m. Eastern time — this is the moment when the center of the sun’s disc stands directly above the Earth’s equator and enters the ...

However, it's a curious fact that they very rarely approach the equator and - stranger still - never cross it. According to Newsweek, the reason for this hurricane-free equatorial zone is due to ...

INDIANA, USA — As soon as the sun sets, step outside and look up to witness a rare celestial ... ecliptic, appearing as an arc in the sky. The arc will be higher the closer you are to the equator.

This occurs because the planets of the Solar System all orbit the Sun on a flat plane called the ecliptic. Some of the planets have ... a flattish disk that feeds into the baby star around its equator ...

INDIANA, USA — As soon as the sun sets, step outside and look up to witness a rare celestial event ... The planets align along the ecliptic, appearing as an arc in the sky. The arc will be higher the ...