As an observer moves toward increasing latitude, the number of circumpolar stars
A) increases if the location of the observer is east of the prime meridian but decreases if the location is west of this meridian.
B) remains approximately constant.
C) decreases.
D) increases.

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As an observer moves toward increasing latitude (toward the poles), the number of circumpolar stars increases because the celestial pole (around which stars appear to rotate) gets higher in the sky, bringing more stars into the circumpolar region that never sets below the horizon.

As an Observer Moves Toward Increasing Latitude, the Number of Circumpolar