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during the 26,000 year cycle, they do not necessarily meet the naked eye limit needed to serve as a useful indicator of north to an Earth-based observer, resulting in periods of time during the cycle when there is no clearly defined North Star. There will also be periods during the cycle when bright
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by the place of this sterre place and stedes and boundes of the other sterres and of cercles of heven ben knowen: therefore astronomers beholde mooste this sterre. Then this ster is dyscryved of the moste shorte cercle; for he is ferre from the place that we ben in; he hydeth the hugenesse of his
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it was 89.26 degrees N). So it appears due north in the sky to a precision better than one degree, and the angle it makes with respect to the true horizon (after correcting for refraction and other factors) is within a degree of the latitude of the observer. The celestial pole will be nearest
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The 26,000 year cycle of North Stars, starting with the current star, with stars that will be "near-north" indicators when no North Star exists during the cycle, including each star's average brightness and closest alignment to the north celestial pole during the cycle:
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around 18,400 AD. The celestial pole will then return to the stars in constellation Draco (Thuban, mentioned above) before returning to the current constellation, Ursa Minor. When Polaris becomes the North Star again around 27,800 AD, due to its
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from the celestial pole, the closest of any of the visible pole stars. However, at magnitude 3.67 (fourth magnitude) it is only one-fifth as bright as Polaris, and today it is invisible in
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will be a more helpful pole star, at a distance of 3° from celestial north, around 11,250 AD. Precession will then point the north celestial pole nearer the constellation
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of +89°32'23", which translates to 1657" (or 0.4603°) from the celestial north pole, in February 2102. Its maximum apparent declination (taking account of
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will have a declination of –82°, meaning it will rise and set daily for latitudes between 8°S and 8°N, and will not rise to viewers north of this latter
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will stand on either side of the northern celestial pole some time around 5200 AD, before moving to closer alignment with the brighter star
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quantite for unmevablenes of his place, and he doth cerfifie men moste certenly, that beholde and take hede therof; and therfore he is called
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will be a future southern pole star: at 88.4° S declination in the year 66,270 AD; and 87.7° S declination in the year 93,830 AD.
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was coined in the Renaissance, even though at that time it was well recognized that it was several degrees away from the celestial pole;
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stella maris, sive illuminatrix Maria, inter fluctivagas undas pelagi, fide ac moribus sequenda est, ne mergamur undis diluvii
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In 1968 the north pole star of the Moon was Omega Draconis; by 1977 it was 36 Draconis. The south pole star is Delta Doradus.
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constellation functions as an approximate southern pole constellation, by pointing to where a southern pole star would be.
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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010).
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The precession of the equinoxes takes about 25,770 years to complete a cycle. Polaris' mean position (taking account of
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Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth § Observation of certain, fixed stars from different locations
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for the purpose of determining orientation. Using this convention, Venus is tilted 177° ("upside down").
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it then will be farther away from the pole than it is now, while in 23,600 BC it was closer to the pole.
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The path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the effect of precession, with dates shown
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Series of shots showing the rotation of the Earth's axis relative to the south celestial pole. The
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in the 5th century, when it was still removed from the celestial pole by about 8°. It was known as
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Pole stars of other planets are defined analogously: they are stars (brighter than 6th magnitude,
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A method to find the Pole star Polaris at 5x the distance of the two front stars of the Big Dipper
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Stars & planets : the complete guide to the stars, constellations, and the solar system
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Precession will eventually point the north celestial pole nearer the stars in the constellation
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Cygni) will be the brightest star near the pole in about 8000 years' time, at a distance of 7°
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will hold the transitory title of North Star. While other stars might line up with the north
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Precession will then point the north celestial pole at stars in the northern constellation
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Precession will next point the north celestial pole at stars in the northern constellation
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in the year 1547 determined this distance as 3°8'. An explicit identification of Mary as
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2 star aligned approximately with its northern axis that serves as a pre-eminent star in
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are also oriented towards the north. On the contrary, the south is associated with the
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cynosurae septem stellas consideravit quibus cursum navigationis dirigebant Phoenices
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The path of the south celestial pole among the stars due to the effect of precession
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stars give only an approximate guide to "north", as they may be greater than 5° of
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being a title of the Blessed Virgin. This tradition goes back to a misreading of
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In the next 7500 years, the south celestial pole will pass close to the stars
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Alpha Ursae Minoris (Polaris) was described as ἀειφανής (transliterated as
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was the nearest bright star to the celestial south pole. Around 2800 BC,
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in ca. 320 BC described the celestial pole as devoid of stars. In the
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Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels Ch. 50; Willmann-Bell 1997
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Visible star that is nearly aligned with Earth's axis of rotation
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Mars: An introduction to its interior, surface and atmosphere
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removed from direct alignment with the north celestial pole.
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From around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD,
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The 856:Currently, there is no South Pole Star like 820:used to be the North Star at about 1,100 BC 770:used to be the North Star at about 3,000 BC 746:used to be the North Star at about 4,420 BC 697:and will become the North Star at 15,000 AD 695:used to be the North Star at about 9,000 BC; 672:and will become the North Star at 14,500 AD 2019:Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 1672: 1670: 1668: 1482: 1480: 1478: 2504: 2279: 2265: 2257: 1887:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 443: 1282:(7th century); it probably arises in the 872:star to the south celestial pole, but at 289:was the North Star, aligning within 0.1° 2128:Conversations-Lexicon Für Bildende Kunst 990: 918:was only 8 degrees from the south pole. 3792: 1594: 1592: 1560:. New York: Pearson Education. p.  1530: 1528: 1526: 1377: 968:Precession and proper motion mean that 408:Over the course of Earth's 26,000-year 80:that is approximately aligned with the 1880: 793:a near-north star, shares timing with 1544: 1542: 1540: 925:Circle of southern stars, Chile, 2016 258:Precession of Earth's rotational axis 7: 2110:cited after J. O. Halliwell, (ed.), 1113:a little over two degrees away from 358:("Alderamin") around 7500 AD. 244:Cynosura seu Mariana Stella Polaris 217:, it is personified under the name 1683:"Gamma Cephei: A future Pole Star" 107:Currently, Earth's pole stars are 25: 1210:(d. 1272), in the translation of 3843: 3831: 3819: 3807: 3795: 3768: 3758: 3757: 2112:The Works of William Shakespeare 1965:"Sirius, future South Pole Star" 1945:. Sheffield Astronomical Society 1430:ed. Ch. Frisch, vol. 8.1 (1870) 1193:pictured in the coat of arms of 1134:, about six degrees from Polaris 111:(Alpha Ursae Minoris), a bright 1791:"Is there a southern pole star" 1253:(written ca. 390). Jerome gave 876:5.47 it is barely visible on a 827:Southern pole star (South Star) 722:will be again around 18,400 AD 242:) becomes evident in the title 1941:Kieron Taylor (1 March 1994). 1576:Around 4800 years ago Thuban ( 1130:in the far northern region of 720:was the pole star in 7,400 BC, 300:During the 1st millennium BC, 209:("ship-star") in 10th-century 1: 3670:Timeline of stellar astronomy 2180:"Cosmology in Mandaean Texts" 1830:Hobbs, Trace (May 21, 2013). 1619:"KOCHAB (Beta Ursae Minoris)" 1313:face north when praying, and 1105:is a couple of degrees away. 383:northern celestial hemisphere 266:was 89.35 degrees North; (at 2239:Hipparcos, the New Reduction 1832:"Night Sky Near the Equator" 1227:Polaris was associated with 986:Poles of astronomical bodies 3330:Hertzsprung–Russell diagram 2186:. 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Index

Pole Star
Southstar
Pole star (disambiguation)

Northern Hemisphere
circumpolar stars
Polaris
long-exposure
star trail
star
axis of rotation
astronomical body
celestial poles
Earth
North
South Pole
Polaris
magnitude
celestial navigation
Polaris Australis
Kochab
Pherkad



classical antiquity
Beta Ursae Minoris
Ursa Minor
Cynosura
Phoenicians

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