Philip Hutchings age 13

Which constellations never seen in this .hemisphere?

These are called the circumpolar constellations. Each night they awing around the pole stars Polaris. In each 24‑hour period they make a complete circle. There are circumpolar constellations in northern and southern latitudes. But new the equator  all the stars rise and set.

Once you have found the Big Dipper the other circumpolar constellations are easy to spot. On the opposite side of the pole star Queen Cassiopia sits in her starry chair. This constellation is shaped like a large letter M or W. The Little Dipper swings closest to Polaris. Draco.. the dragon winds his bright tail around the Little Dipper  between the Big Dipper and Cepheus.

Cepheus looks rather like a sentry box with a pointed roof. To the ancients who named the constellations and drew pictures to go with them. he was an enthroned monarch. In a six‑hour periods you can watch these constellations make a turn of a carter circle. You may also remember the names of the north circumpolar constellations as the Big Bear  the Little Bears the King the Queen and the Dragon.