What you see is that the sun and stars rise in the east (and set in the west).
To explain this as a consequence of the earth's rotation, the earth needs to be
rotating counter-clockwise as seen from the north.
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Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science,
University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA
soper@bovine.uoregon.edu