1. As seen in the northern hemisphere, why is the Milky Way far more prominent in July than in December? Planetarium software, such as Starry Night Enthusiast™, may be useful in answering this...

1. As seen in the northern hemisphere, why is the Milky Way far more prominent in July than in December? Planetarium software, such as Starry Night Enthusiast™, may be useful in answering this question.

2. Explain why globular clusters spend more time in the galactic halo than in the plane of the disk, even though their eccentric orbits take them across the disk of the Galaxy.