When observers watch the nighttime sky, they find that
A) the stars and constellations remain fixed in the sky, not rising or setting in a time as short as one night because they are so far away.
B) most stars and constellations slowly rise in the east and set in the west.
C) most stars and constellations slowly rise in the west and set in the east.
D) all stars and constellations reach their highest point in the sky at midnight.
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