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Jim, I asked ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com/chat “Explain why is ecliptic so high now in Winter” and here is answer:
The ecliptic is the plane in which the Earth and other planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. The tilt of the Earth’s axis causes the seasons, including winter, and determines the angle at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial sphere (the imaginary sphere of the sky seen from Earth). In winter, the North Pole is tilted away from the sun, causing the sun to appear lower in the sky and the ecliptic to appear higher. This is why the ecliptic appears to be higher in the sky during the winter months.
Not bad for AI, right?