The Big Dipper is not a natural compass 20

Updated on science 2024-07-22
16 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    It can be said that is, but not quite. Because the earth is rotating, and at the same time rotating, and"The Big Dipper"It also has its own orbit, just trying to match the ground, and the two are moving in one direction, which can be said to be relatively stationary, and these seven stars also point to the south of the earth. So it looks like a natural compass, but there are still errors, because the speed and direction of the Earth's revolution are not the same as the Big Dipper.

    Exactly.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The Big Dipper is not necessarily a natural compass, but a star on the tail of the Big Dipper points to a very bright North Star not far away, which always points north.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    In the Northern Hemisphere, the Big Dipper is a natural compass, but in the Southern Hemisphere you can't see it, and in the Southern Hemisphere you have to see the Southern Cross.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    A star on the tail of the Big Dipper points to a very bright North Star not far away. The North Star is always pointing north. The direction facing the North Star is due north. The opposite direction is naturally the south.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Fainting. Ah, the people up there. Hearsay.

    The direction of the North Star is the Earth's North Pole pointing.

    The Big Dipper is also the pointing of the North Star (very recognizable, spoon-shaped, bright) The Big Dipper revolves around the North Star (as it looks on Earth) The head of the Big Dipper, which is the first two stars of the spoon, is pointed towards the North Star.

    The two stars moved forward in a straight line by 5 distances, and found that a very bright star was the North Star, and that side was the north (of course, the south was in the opposite direction).

    PS: Whether the Earth rotates or revolutions, the North Pole always points to the North Star.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    I guess it's pointing north.

    It's up to the north.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The Big Dipper refers to the seven stars of Ursa Major, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaking Light. The ancients imagined that these seven stars were connected into the bucket shape of the ancient scooping wine, hence the name Beidou. The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights, so the ancients decided the seasons according to the direction pointed by the bucket handle at dawn and dusk

    The bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring; Bucket handle guide, the world is summer; The bucket handle points to the west, and the world is autumn; The bucket handle points to the north, and the world is winter.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    1. The Big Dipper is composed of seven stars: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang, which were imagined by the ancient Han people as a bucket for scooping wine. The Big Dipper appeared in different directions at different times, so the ancients determined the seasons according to the direction of the bucket handle at the beginning of dusk.

    2. Although the position of the Big Dipper is almost unchanged in the eyes of people, each planet has an orbital trajectory, and the position of the Big Dipper cannot be constant in the north. However, due to the rotation of the earth around the sun, the tilt direction of the earth's axis also changes, but the distance between the Big Dipper and the earth is greater than the radius of the earth's revolution, so the change of the earth's axis caused by the earth's revolution is negligible.

    3. Therefore, only with the naked eye, the Big Dipper is still in the north of the sky.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Depending on where people are on Earth, the direction in which they see the Big Dipper is also different. But in general, the Big Dipper is located close to the North Celestial Pole, and the area from 41 degrees north latitude to the north appears to be near the pole, which means that it does not sink below the horizon at night. In the Southern Hemisphere, it corresponds to the Southern Cross.

    Although the Big Dipper is visible year-round in northern latitudes, its position in the sky is variable—spring rises and falls.

    In the spring, the Big Dipper rises higher in the northeastern sky, while in the fall it sinks even lower in the northwest sky, so much so that people in the southern United States have a hard time seeing it before it sinks to the horizon. To see the Big Dipper in its entirety, you need to be north of 25 degrees south latitude.

    The orientation of the Big Dipper also changes due to its counterclockwise rotation around the North Celestial Pole throughout the year. In the spring, it hangs high upside down in the sky; In summer, it seems to be hanging from the handle of a spoon; In autumn, it becomes right-hand upward near the horizon; In winter, it becomes hung by a spoon head.

    The Big Dipper as a guide.

    Because the Big Dipper is so prominent, it plays an important role in the history of navigation, allowing people from different countries to easily locate the celestial pole and the North Star, thus drawing the route. To find the North Star, you need to imagine a virtual line that connects from the bottom of the front end of the spoon head (the end away from the handle of the spoon), the merak, to the top of the front end, the dubhe, and then extends about five times further until it reaches a brighter star. This is the North Star, which is also the star at the top of the spoon handle of the Little Big Dipper (Ursa Minor).

    Merak and Dubhe are called "Pole Fingers" because they always point to the North Star.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Commonly known as the Big Dipper, it refers to the seven very bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major in the northern sky. The seven stars are arranged in the sky in the shape of a long-handled spoon, hence the name Beidou, and they indicate the direction of the north. The Big Dipper not only helps us to determine the direction, but also indicates the different seasons

    For example, the bucket handle will point east in spring, south in summer, west in autumn, and north in winter.

    Not far from the head of the Big Dipper, at the tail of the constellation Ursa Minor, there is a star very similar in brightness to the Big Dipper, which hangs high in the northern sky, and it is the North Star. Polaris is the surest sign of direction at night, and every night the star moves from east to west (in fact, our Earth rotates from west to east), but Polaris stays put. This is due to the fact that the North Star is located exactly at the northern end of the Earth's axis of rotation and is directly above the Earth's North Pole.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The Big Dipper is not due north of the Earth, just above the Sun.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The position of the Big Dipper is basically the same relative to the North Star, but the rotation of the Earth will make people feel that the Big Dipper is revolving around the North Star (in fact, it is rotating around the Earth's axis), and if you continue to look at the Big Dipper at night, you will find that it is also turning from east to west, and it will not be visible when the sun comes out during the day.

    When the earth turns to other positions, such as turning half of its orbit, the night at this time is exactly the other half of the universe seen at night half a year ago, so seeing the direction of the Big Dipper is equivalent to the form of the Big Dipper in the daytime half a year ago.

    In the northern sky, there are seven bright stars arranged in the shape of a bucket (dipper). We often call them the Big Dipper. See for details.

  13. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Hello: The Big Dipper is a very obvious constellation that can be discerned in the night sky with the naked eye. Here's how to use the Big Dipper to find direction:

    1.Find the Big Dipper: In the darker night sky, look for the location of the Big Dipper.

    It is in the shape of seven bright stars and looks like the shape of a spoon handle. If you have already found the Moon, you can find the Big Dipper in the upper left of the Moon. 2.

    Find the North Star: Pray that there are two bright stars at the base of the Big Dipper, and extending the straight line between the two bright stars will point to the North Star, because the North Star is very close to the North Pole, so it is always in the northern sky. 3.

    Confirm Direction: Once you've positioned Polaris, you'll be able to determine the north-south direction. If you're facing North Star, then you're facing north, and if you're facing away from North Star, you're facing south.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    The position of the Big Dipper: It changes with the seasons, and the Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights, so the ancients decided the season according to the direction of the bucket handle at the beginning and dusk: the bucket handle refers to the east, and the world is spring; The bucket handle refers to the south, and the world is summer; The bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; The north finger of the bucket handle, the world is winter.

    The Big Dipper starts from the top of the bucket body to the end of the bucket handle, and is named in order, In ancient times, Han astronomers called them respectively: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. From the "Tianxuan" through the "Tianshu" outward a straight line, about 5 times longer, you can see a star as bright as the Big Dipper, which is the North Star.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    1. In what direction is the Big DipperThe Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky in different seasons and at different times at night, but no matter how it changes, the direction of the North Star pointed by the Big Dipper is unchanged, and it always points to the Earth's North Axis. The direction of the North Star is due north, so if you get lost, you can determine the direction according to "up north, down south, left west, right east". 2. How to arrange the Big DipperThe Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major and is located at the tail of the Big Bear, and it is also referred to as "Big Dipper" is seven bright stars arranged in a bucket shape.

    The seven stars of the Big Dipper are divided into Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaking Light, the body is Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, and the handle is Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shake Light, these seven planets are connected together, like a spoon, so the ancients imagined the seven stars as the spoon used to scoop wine in ancient times, so it is called Beidou.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    The "mouth" of the Big Dipper points to the north, and if we connect the planet Tianxuan on the Big Dipper with the Celestial Pivot and extend it forward, we can see the North Star. It is composed of seven stars: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang.

    The Big Dipper is composed of seven stars, including Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang, because its shape resembles the shape of a bucket for scooping wine, so it is named the Big Dipper.

    Now many people know that the Big Dipper can be used to identify directions, but they don't know how to distinguish them. In fact, if you connect the planet Tianxuan on the Big Dipper with the Celestial Pivot and extend forward, you can see the North Star.

    Although the position of the Big Dipper changes over time, the two stars of Tianxuan and Tianshu are the two stars that have been pointing to the North Star in the north, that is, the "mouth" of the Big Dipper is pointing to the north.

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