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Sigma Octantis is sometimes called the South Star.
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What is the name of the northern star?
The Pole Star or Polaris.
Is the north star the same as the pole star?
In a word YES!!!. However, the Pole Star/ North Star are more correctly named as 'Polaris'. It is a star in the constellation of Ursa Minor (Little Bear). The Star is readily visible at night in the northern hemisphere. It has a magnitude of 1.98
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.
Would Polaris be overhead if you were at the South Pole?
No, Polaris would not be overhead if you were at the South Pole. The North Star -- Polaris -- is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
Can the southern hemisphere people see the pole star Why?
The elevation of Polaris (the North Star) above the Northern horizon is almostequal to the North latitude of the place where you are when you see it.That means that when you stand on the Equator, the North Star is exactlyON the Northern horizon, and if you stand anywhere South of the Equator,the North Star is always BELOW the horizon.But . . .Everybody in the Southern hemisphere CAN see the SOUTH pole of the sky,which nobody in the Northern hemisphere can ever see.Sadly, there's no bright star anywhere near the South pole of the sky,to mark it the way Polaris marks the sky's North pole for us.
What is another name for the pole star?
North StarThe name of the pole star is polaris.Polaris, also called the "North Star".
What was the name of the pole star in the age of the pharaohs?
The name pf the Pole star in the time of the pharaohs was Thuban
What is the latitudenal extent of the pole star?
The northern pole star "Polaris" is visible in the sky to an observer located anywhere on earth between the equator and the north pole, i.e. anywhere with a north latitude. There is no similar southern pole star.
What was Amerigo Vespucci's dream?
his dream was to locate the southern pole star
What is the name of the northern star?
The Pole Star or Polaris.
What is the technical name for the North Star?
Polaris or the Pole star
Why is Pole star not visible from the southern hemisphere?
The pole star lies above the axis of rotation of the earth, hence for a person in the northern hemishere the pole star will show the north.But for a person in ,say australia the star may not be visible due th the earths curvature.
Is the north star the same as the pole star?
In a word YES!!!. However, the Pole Star/ North Star are more correctly named as 'Polaris'. It is a star in the constellation of Ursa Minor (Little Bear). The Star is readily visible at night in the northern hemisphere. It has a magnitude of 1.98
Is there a southern star?
Unlike the North Pole, where the "North Star" Polaris is within a half-degree of being exactly north, there is no "South Star"; there are no naked-eye visible stars close to the South Pole. About the closest you can find is the Southern Cross, which points to the south pole without being right over it.
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.
Is there a southern north star?
There is no particularly bright star near the south pole of the sky. A nearby star is Sigma Octans, but it is not as bright a star as Polaris (the North Star).
Would Polaris be overhead if you were at the South Pole?
No, Polaris would not be overhead if you were at the South Pole. The North Star -- Polaris -- is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
