Do Stars Move?

Do Stars Move?
  • Stars that are close to the Earth's axis of rotation -- what we call the north and the south pole -- rotate around the poles. If the pole's location is far enough above the horizon, some stars never set. They just keep spinning.

  • If your geographical location happens to be close to the pole, most stars will be rotating around the pole and very few will rise and set. (And in a trick of geometry, it will be hard to see the Sun, moon and planets since their path in the sky is at 23.5 degrees -- the same as Earth's tilt. This is why the poles have months of darkness, because the Sun doesn't always shine there.)