The constellations Leo and Orion are shown in the positions they were in relative to the Sun during the flight.

It contains descriptions of the positions of the stars, the shapes of the constellations and provided information on their relative times of rising and setting.

Some Western astrologers use the sidereal zodiac favoured by Indian (" jyotish ") astrologers, which is based more closely on actual positions of constellations in the heavens, as opposed to the tropical zodiac, which is a moveable format based on the seasons.

Over the course of centuries, stars appear to maintain nearly fixed positions with respect to each other, so that they form the same constellations over historical time.

They also contain a star catalogue of 1022 stars, described by their positions in the constellations.

It may also refer to a spherical representation of the celestial sphere, showing the apparent positions of the stars and constellations in the sky ( celestial globe ).

If the globe is constructed so that the stars are in the positions they actually occupy on the imaginary celestial sphere, then the star field will appear back-to-front on the surface of the globe ( all the constellations will appear as their mirror images ).

The astrological charts or horoscopes also represent in a square plan the positions of the sun, moon, planets and zodiac constellations with reference to a specific person's place and time of birth.

The names and positions of multitudes of objects in space can be displayed, from galaxies, star clusters, nebula, constellations and stars to planets, moons, asteroids, comets and artificial satellites, as well as the names and locations of cities, craters, observatories, valleys, landing sites, continents, mountains, seas and other surface features.

The actual positions of certain fixed stars as well as their constellations is an additional consideration in the horoscope.

Hence, a committee was appointed by the Government of India with experts in the field drawn from various parts of the country who were involved with preparation of Panchāngam in local languages to draw up a reliable Panchāngam in which the mathematical calculations provides the positions of grahas ( the planets ) and nakshatras ( constellations ) in the sky as they are observed.

An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.

His statistical analysis concludes that the positions of these constellations are consistent with where they would have appeared in the time of Hipparchus ( 129 BC )-leading to the conclusion that the statue is based on the star catalog.

By examining the positions of the constellations, Schaefer determined that they are accurately placed according to the positions they occupied at the time of Hipparchus.

The text describes 47 of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations, centering primarily on the Greek and Roman mythology surrounding the constellations, though there is some discussion of the relative positions of stars.

As a result of the inaccuracy of the depicted star positions and the fact that the constellations are not shown with any context, the Poeticon astronomicon is not particularly useful as a guide to the night sky.

This is a parody of astrology's claim of being able to do the same using the positions of the planets and the constellations.

The title is derived from the practice in astrology of naming time periods in terms of constellations and their dominant positions in the sky.

After March it began to pass northwards, a motion quite apparent by the middle of April ; in June it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it did in December ; and in September it passed through its most northerly position, the extreme range from north to south, i. e. the angle between the March and September positions, being 40 ″.

On 21 August, the Royalists attacked Essex's positions north of Lostwithiel, capturing the ruins of Restormel Castle.

During an experiment in Cambridge over the seven years 2001 – 2007 Majerus noted the natural resting positions of peppered moths, and of the 135 moths examined over half were on tree branches, mostly on the lower half of the branch, 37 % were on tree trunks, mostly on the north side, and only 12. 6 % were resting on or under twigs.

The assault on the Iraqi positions on the Al Faw peninsula consisted of a DPV mounted SEAL force at the refinery and port with a larger force of US Marines from the 5th Regimental Combat Team of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force attacking Iraqi positions farther north in the Rumaila oil fields.

Teams Juliet and India are primarily from US Army Delta Force, and they were to take positions to allow the north and south of the Shahi-Kot Valley and the approaches from Gardez to be observed.

Without the forces necessary for a counter-offensive south of the Gheluvelt plateau towards Kemmel Hill, Rupprecht began to plan for a slow withdrawal from the Ypres salient, even at the risk of uncovering German positions further north and the Belgian coast.

Conversely, a German controlled major rail head lay only to the north of their positions.

The positions of Siberia and North and South China north of the North American craton differ strongly depending on the reconstruction:

They arrived at the bridge in the evening and set up defensive positions at the north end.

First, the positions of the south and north celestial poles appear to move in circles against the space-fixed backdrop of stars, completing one circuit in 25, 772 Julian years ( 2000 rate ).

Despite allied control of Antwerp, in September 1944 German forces still occupied fortified positions throughout the Scheldt estuary west and north, preventing any allied shipping to the port.

On the Austrian left, 7, 500 men under FML Peter Ott waited for the road to clear before heading for the village of Castel Ceriolo well to the north of the French positions.

Hackett's three battalions would then reinforce the positions north and north west of Arnhem.

The 10th and 156th Parachute Battalions moved north of the railway line to take up their planned defensive positions north west of Arnhem but the leading elements of 156th Parachute Battalion made contact with the main 9th SS blocking line after dark and withdrew for the night.

The 11th Parachute Battalion — which had thus far not been heavily involved — was now overwhelmed in exposed positions while attempting to capture high ground to the north.

To the north, they succeeded in briefly forcing back the King's Own Scottish Borderers before they counter attacked and retook their positions.

Milton Shulman observed that the operation had driven a wedge into the German positions, isolating the 15th Army north of Antwerp from the First Parachute Army on the eastern side of the bulge.

The axial tilt also exhibits long-term variations as described in the reference article ( a difference of 1 second of arc in the tilt is equivalent to change of approximately 31 metres north or south in the positions of the polar circles on the Earth's surface ).

They began to assault the Austrian positions and were soon joined by Oudinot's grenadiers, who were hoping to outflank the Austrians from the north and west.

It has been theorized that the placement of the sixty sexagenary terms on the points of the Liubo divination diagram indicate the possible positions for placing pieces when playing Liubo, and that the sequence of the terms across the divination diagram reflects the path to be followed around the board when playing the game ( starting at the north-east corner and ending at the north side of the central square ).

Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon, planets, which are analyzed by their movement through signs of the zodiac ( spatial divisions of the ecliptic ) and by their aspects ( angles ) relative to one another.

Earth goes through one such complete precessional cycle in a period of approximately 26, 000 years or 1 ° every 72 years, during which the positions of stars will slowly change in both equatorial coordinates and ecliptic longitude.

The ecliptic system of celestial longitude and celestial latitude specifies positions relative to the ecliptic.

The ecliptic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system commonly used for representing the positions and orbits of Solar System objects.

Above the mater and tympan, the rete, a framework bearing a projection of the ecliptic plane and several pointers indicating the positions of the brightest stars, is free to rotate.

By definition, the positions of the Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle all depend on the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of its orbit around the sun, known technically as the " obliquity of the ecliptic ".

The majority of astrologers study tropical astrology, involving planetary positions referenced to the vernal ( spring ) equinox position along the ecliptic ( the equinox being the center of Earth's rotational plane and Earth's orbital plane around the Sun ).

They omit the Sun, Moon and planets because the positions of these bodies vary relative to those of the stars, but the ecliptic, along which the Sun moves, is indicated.

The twelve sector division of the ecliptic constitutes astrology's primary frame of reference when considering the positions of celestial bodies, from a geocentric point of view, so that we may find, for instance, the Sun in 23º Aries ( 23º longitude ), the Moon in 7º Scorpio ( 217º longitude ), or Jupiter in 29º Pisces ( 359º longitude ).

Astrologers use astronomical calculations for the positions of celestial bodies along the ecliptic and attempt to correlate celestial events ( astrological aspects, sign positions ) with earthly events and human affairs.