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info on constellations on the ecliptic - links to Constellations and to its subheading The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
The solar system is rather flat, with all its major parts moving in nearly the same plane.
The solar system is rather flat, with all its major parts moving in nearly the same plane.
The path of the Sun across the celestial sphere is very close to that of the planets and the moon. After clocks became available, it was a relatively straightforward job for astronomers to relate the path of the Sun in the daytime to the one of stars at night, and to draw it on their star charts. Because of its relation to eclipses, that path is known as the ecliptic.
The path of the Sun across the celestial sphere is very close to that of the planets and the moon. During the cycle of the solar [[year]], to observers on earth the sun appears to move month by month successively across twelve [[constellations]] positioned on the ecliptic plane called [[Constellations#The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac|the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac]]. After clocks became available, it was a relatively straightforward job for astronomers to relate the path of the Sun in the daytime to the one of stars at night, and to draw it on their star charts. Because of its relation to eclipses, that path is known as the ecliptic.
== References ==
== References ==