Abecrombie Posted December 31, 2005 #1 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Every New Years Eve a person from any where in the world can gaze up at the night sky and see a big shining star. Interestingly enough this only happens on eve of every new year. once a year and believe it or not the closer it gets to midnight the most northern it will be and the most brightest .startgazer.com or starrynight nasa all have this info in full detail so check it out i hope it is clear if so ill be glad and you guys be safe this nmext year help me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MID Posted December 31, 2005 #2 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Every New Years Eve a person from any where in the world can gaze up at the night sky and see a big shining star. Interestingly enough this only happens on eve of every new year. once a year and believe it or not the closer it gets to midnight the most northern it will be and the most brightest .startgazer.com or starrynight nasa all have this info in full detail so check it out i hope it is clear if so ill be glad and you guys be safe this nmext year help me now Very good! We'll be on the lookout for it. But I have a question. When precisely is midnight? There are 24 such "times" in the world. There are also two hemispheres of north and south, each of which have different stars visible, and none of which move toward the north at all as the night moves on. But anyone can see this supposed star at midnight...whenever that is depending on where you are, and despite the fact that no single star is visible the world over on any given night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumE Posted January 1, 2006 #3 Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) A star is never going to be just visible on one particular night. A star will be seen for an entire season before it shifts into a different zone. What star are you talking about? Edited January 1, 2006 by QuantumE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
led-zeppelin rules!! Posted January 1, 2006 #4 Share Posted January 1, 2006 cool thanks you rule ill be on lookout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBoyC Posted January 2, 2006 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2006 ahh stupidity... Its impossible for a star to be seen from all 4 hemispheres unless it was precicly above one small spot on the globe. And because of the tilt on the earths axis, and rotation, and time zones, thats impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBoyC Posted January 2, 2006 #6 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Also on a computer program i inserted the date 12/31/05 at exactly midnight in the northern direction, studied the stars there, and then set the date to 12/30/05 and the stars were only slightly shifted, but to be safe i scanned it and no new stars appeared. So please provide a link to the site, otherwise this is just a tall tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumE Posted January 2, 2006 #7 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Anyone who knows astronomy can tell you that a single star cannot be visible on only one night, much less from everywhere in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abecrombie Posted January 3, 2006 Author #8 Share Posted January 3, 2006 then ill correct myself and remeind everyone who can read the left side of the box where it says im a female and im from the united states . my blog does state though if the box on the left does not im from california . with that in mind it would have been the west pacific . sorry ive never been good at that kinda thing. i do hope that some of you guys got to see it cause it was cloudy over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abecrombie Posted January 3, 2006 Author #9 Share Posted January 3, 2006 http://www.jackstargazer.com/scripts0SG0552.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted January 3, 2006 #10 Share Posted January 3, 2006 If I am not mistaken, Sirius is also "The Dog Star", located at the head of the Canis Major constellation (The constellation looks like a dog and kind of follows Orion across the night sky). It is a beautiful piece of sky, and luckily is able to be viewed more than once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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