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Lesson 5 of 15

Polaris and the turning sky

35 min

On a clear night away from towns there are thousands of stars overhead, and one of them barely moves. Every other star wheels slowly round it through the night, rising and setting, but it hangs in the same spot above the northern horizon from dusk until dawn and from one year to the next. That star is Polaris, the Pole Star, and it lies within about one degree of true…

In this lesson

  • Before you start: seeing the stars
  • Polaris from the Plough
  • What it is
  • When to use it
  • How
  • Common mistakes
  • Polaris from Cassiopeia
  • The turning sky: circumpolar stars
  • Why it matters
  • How to use it
  • Polaris's height gives your latitude
  • Why it works

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