What stars are visible from North and South hemispheres?

Question

Is there a band of stars you can view from both hemispheres at once?

Answer 1

From both hemispheres, we can see all of the constellations of the Zodiac, at different times of the night or in different seasons. These constellations mark the course of the Sun throughout the year and are positioned close to the celestial equator (the projection of the Earth's equator onto an imaginary hollow sphere that surrounds the Earth). Therefore, they're visible in the northern part of the sky from Australia and visible in the southern portion of the sky in North America. At about 40 degrees north or south latitude, almost 1/2 of the stars in the other hemisphere are visible. So, most of the people in the US can see most of the stars in the Southern Hemisphere. However, at 40 degrees north, the stars overhead for an observer at 40 degrees south, are too close to the southern horizon to be easily recognized. Nonetheless, if you live in southern Florida, southern Texas or Hawaii, you should be able to make out the Southern Cross in May and June.

Answer 2

I would say the stars seen at the equator would be the best bet. Just think, If you stand on the equator (and i'm sure there's at least one place on this earth u can do that) you can step to the right, see a star, then go back to the other side, and see the same star. And here's a fact: the further away from the equator u are, the less you will see different stars. For example, u'll never see the north star at the south pole. That's just because the way the earth rotates.

Now, this is only if u wanna see the same star from both hemispheres at the same time. Cause lots of the same stars go through both hemispheres but at different times.

Answer 3

The ones within 23 1/2 degrees of the celestial equator. So at the right time of year, all the stars in the constellations of the zodiac are visible in both hemispheres. As an example, the Pleiades, in Taurus, can be seen in the winter of whichever hemisphere you're in. But only a star exactly on the celestial equator would be simultaneously visible from high latitudes in both hemispheres. And you'd need to be fairly high up, with no obstructions on your horizon if you were anywhere near the north or south pole.

Answer 4

No. Polaris isn't seen from the Southern hemisphere both. For navigation people use the Southern bypass, which continually factors south. This what's on the flag of Australia. Edit: actual the Polynesians are arguably the international's in simple terms right seafarers. They colonized thousands of islands all without Polaris guiding them.