Thanks
It just seems backwards, probably because old analog clocks run clockwise.
Music of the spheres and all that...
If clocks ran counterclockwise it would give a new meaning to the phrase,
'time is running out'.
Cordially
IT


"Odysseus" wrote in message
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Internet Traveler wrote:

I was looking at the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) and thought, when I look at
the
North star, does the apparent motion of the stars around it appear to
rotate
clockwise or counter clockwise?

Just remember that celestial bodies appear to rise in the east and
set in the west. When you're facing north, that means that the stars
to your right are ascending and those to your left are descending, so
the rotation is counterclockwise.

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Odysseus