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From the north pole, it's straight up.
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What is the position is the north star?
From the north pole, it's straight up.
Will a bright star be found in the position of the north star?
The North Star currently refers to Polaris, an F7 Supergiant approximately 433 light years from Earth.
Star directly over the North Pole?
The North Star, a.k.a. Polaris, is fairly close to that position (less than one degree).
What is the another name of pole star?
North star, or Polaris, is the name of a bright star that is CURRENTLY near the celestial north pole. Since the position of the north pole will change in the future, Polaris will still be called Polaris, but it will no longer be the north star.
Which star seems to be in a fixed position?
Polaris or the North Star or also known as the Pole star. It is in the northern skies and stays in more or less the same position since it lies on the celestial pole.
What makes the north star?
The North Star sits at a point in the sky near where the northern axis of the earth sits. This means that the North star's relative position in the sky does not change. In fact, in a 24 hour Earth cycle, the north star only moves in a small circle.
What is the relationship between the position of the north star and latitude?
The angle between the north star and the horizon is roughly your position in degrees latitude.For example, look at the North Star and point one arm straight at it, and then hold your other arm level with the horizon. The angle between your arms is roughly the degrees of latitude of your location.
Early sailors discovered a gradual change in position of the North Star?
A. the earth is round
How does the north star still help with navigation?
By telling wheres North, South, East, and West. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently the North Star is located in the sky coincident with Earth Rotational Axis. It therefore indicates the position of True North (hence its name!).
What star does not change its position with the seasons?
The bright star Polaris in approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation and therefore does not change its seeming position when seen from the Earth, no matter the time of day or the time of year. It is always towards North. When you stand at the North Pole, the star will be approximately directly overhead.There is no similar, bright pole star for the southern hemisphere.
Why does the answer say Currently the north star is Polaris?
Because in the future, due to a wobble in how the earth rotates on its axis, known as precession, what we now see as the north star, which we all Polaris, will no longer appear to be in that position.
What type of star is north star?
The North Star is a star named Polaris, in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It sits, entirely coincidentally, almost precisely above the North Pole of the Earth, and so it is very useful for navigation. Polaris is actually a pretty dim star; it is the dimmest of the stars generally used for navigation, solely because of its position in the sky. Metaphorically, the phrase "north star" is often used to denote a constant point of reference.
