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The Big Dipper drifts lower towards the horizon on the left, on the right a comet rises in the sky.
Big Dipper and Comet Neowise C2020 F3
 Big Dipper and Comet Neowise C2020 F3
Credit: Giorgia Hofer/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
The Milky Way appears as a diagonal stripe bottom left to top right. It becomes more horizontal as the video progresses.
Southern Sky Over La Silla
 Southern Sky Over La Silla
Credit: José Rodrigues/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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The Southern Cross points out the South Celestial Pole, around which the sky appears to rotate
Beautiful Night in the Atacama Desert
 Beautiful Night in the Atacama Desert
Credit: Uwe Reichert/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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The sky rotates around one star that appears fixed. Bubbles and swirls of green aurorae fill the foreground
The Big Dipper in the Polar Night
 The Big Dipper in the Polar Night
Credit: Stephanie Ziyi Ye/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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The dish of a radio telescope rotates as the Big Dipper moves in the sky behind.
The Big Dipper with the Sardinia Radio Telescope SRT
 The Big Dipper with the Sardinia Radio Telescope SRT
Credit: Antonio Finazzi/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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The Big Dipper sinks in the sky with the handle sweeping out a larger circle than the bowl of the asterism.
Big Dipper Over the Mono Lake
 Big Dipper Over the Mono Lake
Credit: Fabrizio Melandri/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
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Header image credit: Till Credner/IAU OAE
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