which way do stars move on a star map?

Question

hi, if i was making a star map, which way would the stars rotate? of course, if i kept in mind that a star map would be like this.

...N....
E......W
...S.....
[by the way, i added the periods to keep the letters in that form]
so, thanks! i am trying to make star maps, but i dont know which way the stars move...sry. thanks!!!

Answer 1

Correct though the other answers are, the first one answers the question you intended to ask. If looking north, the stars appear to revolve around the North Celestial Pole (which happens to have a moderately bright star close to it) counter-clockwise, as the night progresses.



We in the southern hemisphere, on the top of the world, don't have such a bright star at our pole, but looking south the stars revolve clockwise around the pole.



If a star is relatively close to the celestial pole, and depending on how far north you are, it may not actually rise and set, but continually circle the pole star (disappearing at daytime, of course). These are called circumpolar stars.

Answer 2

Stars don't move from our perspective much. Star maps from 100 years ago are almost exactly the same as today's sky.

And ever star rotates, but they are at all angles to our line of sight, so there is no one rotation direction.

A star map doesn't need motion or rotation, since neither is visible from Earth.

Answer 3

The directions N,S,E, and W refer to a round or square object. You cannot necessarily navigate the galaxy by using those diections.



Unless the universe was a huge snow globe but the universe is constantly expanding and we would need specific boundary lines. The way scientists figure, the universe is like a giant expanding plane ful of trillions squared stars. The stars are moving away from us at a constant rate so they are moving away not like being stuck in rapids in a river where the flow is one way.

Answer 4

on the scales in touch the variations brought about through the failings you point out make no important distinction to the area on a map. The Earth's continents are continuously drifting, yet once you scale that all the way down to in good condition on a single map the adaptation between the area of South u.s. 4 centuries in the past and now could be below the thickness of the description drawn on the map. The Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 2.2 million gentle years away, in spite of the undeniable fact that it relatively is shifting in the direction of us at severely below gentle velocity, so the adaptation in place between the place we observe it to be and the place it honestly is is in simple terms too small to make a distinction whilst mapping the Universe.

Answer 5

I totally shouldn't answer this question because idk how they move on a star map, but in the night sky they rotate around the north star. Star Trails RULE!