Why does most stars seem to move from east to west across the sky in New York State?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Jan 14, 2017

Due to rotation of earth we see stars at east moving to west. this happens as earth rotate from west to east,.

Explanation:

Stars at pole will be making circular motion around the poles. Stars in midlle latitudes will be moving from east to est new york latitude 40 deg North.enter image source here
picture credit w astro berkly edu.

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