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If we look together at the sky from the South Pole, will we see the exact same picture as if we look from the North Pole? And why.

2007-06-10 01:52:43 · 3 answers · asked by Roy Nicolas 5 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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Not unless you looked in the same direction.
Depending on you altitude and horizon some stars would be visible that would be visible at the north pole. High stars like the Big Dipper in the North and the Southern Cross in the South would be below the horizon unless you were pretty far out in space. But equatorial stars like Orion would be visible near the horizon.

On the ground of course you could not do so at the same time because the sun would be up in at least one of them.

2007-06-10 01:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by No Bushrons 4 · 0 0

No. The earth rotates around it's rotational axis, geographical pole if you will, which is in approximately the same location as it's magnetic axis. The poles are at the point where the magnetic axis exits the planet. Since the poles are on opposite sides of a sphere the section of sky visible from the pole will be different for each pole. The visible sky is not symmetrical, therefore views from varying points on a centrally located sphere would be different.

2007-06-14 01:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

that doesn't ******* help

2016-05-21 06:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by angeles 3 · 0 0

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