The North Star is also called Polaris. It is close to straight up, if you are at the North Pole, and just about straight north to anyone in the northern hemisphere. This makes Polaris very important for old style navigation. As the world turns, it appears to the eye to stay in the same place in the sky, where other stars move on routes from east to west, as the sun does.
polaris
Yes, it's the alpha-star in Ursa Minor.
Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor. Currently. (Which star is "the north star" changes very slowly because the Earth "wobbles".) In about 10,000 years the north star will be Vega, which is in the constellation Lyra. The north celestial pole can also point to the locations within the constellations Draco, Cygnus, and Hercules over its 26,000 year long cycle.
The north star is part of the constellation Ursa Minor, and is near such constellations as Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, and Draco.
polaris
Yes, it's the alpha-star in Ursa Minor.
Ursa minor constellation
Ursa Minor
Polaris can be found in the constellation of Ursa Minor (also known as the Little Dipper).
Ursa Minor. Currently. (Which star is "the north star" changes very slowly because the Earth "wobbles".) In about 10,000 years the north star will be Vega, which is in the constellation Lyra. The north celestial pole can also point to the locations within the constellations Draco, Cygnus, and Hercules over its 26,000 year long cycle.
The north star is part of the constellation Ursa Minor, and is near such constellations as Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, and Draco.
Ursa Minor, the small bear.
Ursa Minor, the little bear
The north star, Polaris, is part of the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear".
Well, first it's POLARIS, the North Star, it's found in the constellation "The Little Bear" or Ursa Minor.
Ursa Minor, the little bear