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Why do the constellations and the Moon appear upside down from the Southern Hemisphere?

FROM THE April 2014 ISSUE

Why do the constellations and the Moon appear upside down from the Southern Hemisphere?

Paul Kersey, Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Published: Monday, February 24, 2014

RELATED TOPICS: SOUTHERN STARS | CONSTELLATION OBSERVING

From the Southern Hemisphere, any object or constellation that lies near the celestial equator (the imaginary line that divides the northern and southern halves of the sky) would appear both upside down and reversed left to right compared to a northern perspective.

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