If the star Polaris is 29 degrees above the horizon, then your latitude is about 29 degrees North.
Polaris is not exactly above the North Pole, but it is only about one-half degree away from that.
Your latitude is within about 1/2 degree of 30° north.
At the equator, the celestial north pole would be north, just at the horizon. In the southern hemisphere, for instance in Australia, the north celestial pole would be north, and as many degrees BELOW the horizon as your latitude. For instance, if you are 10 degrees south of the equator, the celestial north pole would be 10 degrees below the equator.On the other hand, for people in the southern hemisphere, the celestial SOUTH pole would be ABOVE the horizon; this same pole is below the horizon for anybody in the northern hemisphere.
From any location north of the Equator: The north star (Polaris) is in the sky, always due north of you, and always as many degrees above the horizon as your latitude north of the equator. It makes no difference what time you look for it, or where you are in an east or west direction.
If you're talking about sky as in sky on this planet, then your answer would be the horizon (the point were the ground meets the sky from any vantage point on the surface). Or you could be talking about the atmosphere, which is the boundary between the earth and space and keeps life alive, and air on earth.
The North Star (Polaris) is never near the moon in the sky.The North Star is not a particularly conspicuous star ... many other stars are brighter. The North Star is distinguished by the fact that while every star in the sky appears to turn around the earth ... completing one revolution roughly every 24 hours ... the North Star is the one that appears almost stationary in the sky, appearing always in the same place.Note that the North Star is not visible from any place south of the equator. The following discussion applies for anyone living north of the equator:To find the North Star, face north on a night when the sky is clear of clouds. If you know your latitude in degrees north of the equator, raise your eyes that same angle from the northern horizon ... the horizon itself is zero degrees, and the point directly over your head is 90 degrees. The North Star appears due north of you, and an angle above the horizon that's equal to your north latitude.If you don't know your latitude, the North Star can be identified by its relationship to distinctive patterns of other stars in the same region of the sky; but to describe them here would become complex and tedious. Perhaps the best suggestion is that you take a lawn chair outside on a comfortable night, set it up facing north and get comfortable. Looking due north at the sky, familiarize yourself with some of the most conspicuous stars in that direction, and their places with respect to each other. Look again 15 minutes later, and again after another 15 minutes. Eventually, you'll come to recognize that the entire sky and every star in it is turning around one point in the northern sky. The star at that point, which appears not to be moving at all, is the North Star.
To see both the north celestial pole and the south celestial pole at the same time a person would need to standing at the equator. The atmospheric haze may interfere near the horizon may obstruct the view.
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.
Polaris (or the North Star) is almost directly above the North pole. This means that when you stand on the north pole and look directly up, you will see Polaris. This also means that when you stand at the equator and look directly north, you will see Polaris on the horizon. You can not see Polaris from the Southern Hemisphere. The angle Polaris is above the horizon is equal to the degree latitude that you are standing on. Therefore at the equator, Polaris is 0 degrees above the horizon and at the north pole, Polaris is 90 degrees above the horizon.
At the equator, the celestial north pole would be north, just at the horizon. In the southern hemisphere, for instance in Australia, the north celestial pole would be north, and as many degrees BELOW the horizon as your latitude. For instance, if you are 10 degrees south of the equator, the celestial north pole would be 10 degrees below the equator.On the other hand, for people in the southern hemisphere, the celestial SOUTH pole would be ABOVE the horizon; this same pole is below the horizon for anybody in the northern hemisphere.
From any location north of the Equator: The north star (Polaris) is in the sky, always due north of you, and always as many degrees above the horizon as your latitude north of the equator. It makes no difference what time you look for it, or where you are in an east or west direction.
Using a sextant, measure the angle between the horizon and the North Star.The angle of inclination on the sextant eyepiece will give you the Latitude that you are standing/sailing at.latitude is measured east and west of the Equator.
If you're in the tropics (the area between 23.5N and 23.5S latitude) then you'd need to know what date it is, and your precise latitude, to know whether the Sun was closer to the northern horizon or the southern one. In the tropics, the difference won't be very large. You can calculate this, of course. You'll need to look up the declination of the Sun for the date, and compare this to your own latitude.
The eastern horizon. Note: The sun does not rise due east, and the specific location changes throughout the year. The furthest south (on the eastern horizon) the sun rises is at the winter solstice (in the northern hemisphere), and vice versa.
37 degrees north latitude
The lines of longitude run up north and south and down from the poles. Lines of latitude run parallel North and South to the equator. I remember the difference between latitude and longitude because the lines of latitude look like the rungs of a ladder (geddit) as they go around the globe. JCF
you are so stupid for asking this question 6th graders look in your atlas
A dome of concentric circles, that appears as straight horizontal lines at the horizon.
A point on the earth's surface that's 19 degrees north of the equator has a latitude of 19 degrees north. There are an infinite number of points that are all 19 degrees north of the equator. If you mark a little tiny dot on the globe at a few thousand different points that are all 19 degrees north of the equator, they'll start to look like a solid line on the globe. That line is called the "19th parallel" of north latitude.