Description: If you could see both the Sun and the other stars during the day, t
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Description: If you could see both the Sun and the other stars during the day, this is what the sky would look like looking south at noon on January 1 for an observer in the northern hemisphere. The Sun would appear in the sky next to the more distant stars in the constellation Sagittarius, (labeled constellation C). Also shown are other constellations (named and labeled A, B, D, and E) that will be visible above the horizon at this time when facing south. Explain how you reached the answer to the previous questions. Describe how the Sun and stars are both moving across the sky through the day shown.Explanation / Answer
Actually, the sun and stars are some stationary celestial bodies. It's our Earth that is revolving around the sun and rotating about its axis. So, as it rotates about its axis, one side of it facing towards the sun and the other side being at the backward face towards the sun. So, as it moves on its axis as acourse of 24 hours, the face which is towards the sun also changes in the same direction as that of spinning of earth. Because of this, the sun apperas to move across the sky from east to west which is in actual the change in the position of faces that are facing the sun. So, is the case with the stars and because of that they appears to move across the sky. So, fault lies in the Earth and not in Sun and stars.