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From a city in the U.S., where in the sky would you look to see a star that is not turning with the motion of the sky in the course of a night?

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Answer: the north celestial pole

Explanation: From a city in the U.S., where in the sky would you look to see a star that is not turning

with the motion of the sky in the course of a night?

a. on your horizon

b. at your zenith

c. on the celestial equator

d. at the north celestial pole

There are two celestial poles, the north and south celestial poles which are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere (an abstract sphere with a large radius and has a common centre with the Earth.

To observe from any city in the U.S, which is located at the northern hemisphere, to see a star that's not turning with the motion of the sky, you look to the The north celestial pole as it appears permanently directly overhead to observers. And as the Earth spins on its axis, the pole remain fixed in the sky, and all other points in the sky appear to rotate around them.

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