Polaris is not exact, but very, very close ... closer than
you can read with a moderately good compass.
Unfortunately, if you're south of the equator, you can
never see Polaris in the sky, so it's not helpful to you.
The names of the two stars which point to the North Star are Dubhe and Merak. These two stars form the right hand side of the cup portion of The Big Dipper.
Dubhe and Merak - the 2 stars in the front of the bowl of the Big Dipper Urodelus and Yildun
When in the northern hemisphere, looking north toward the celestial "axis" or North Star (aka Polaris), stars acan be oberserved to move all directions. To the south of Polaris (looking "above" it), the stars and other things move East to West across the sky. To the north of Polaris (looking "below" it), the stars and other things move West to East across the sky. Both are true for short distances, because in fact, the direction it moves is actually in a smaller and smaller circle the closer the star appears to be to Polaris. With a camera that can take long exposures (10-20 minutes or even hours) this circular motion can easily be seen.
The stars that you would see at night in 6 months time.
2 stars
Astronomy is the science of looking at the sky to see stars, planets and other things in space. As Jupiter is a planet that can be seen, it is related to Astronomy.
They see the Northern and Southern constellation stars respectiively.
What we see as the north star, or Polaris or the pole star, is a binary system consisting of two stars. However, neither of these stars are the brightest stars. There are many stars that are much brighter as we see them.
The stars over the North Pole
the stars
All stars are circumpolar
If you're located anywhere in the northern Hemisphere, then you can see all the stars that are within (your north latitude) of the North Celestial Pole at any time on any clear night of the year. As seen from your location, they never set.
At the North Pole, and at the South Pole.
As many as the stars.
Yes. The stars are the same in both hemispheres. Remember that people used to sail around the world just by looking at the stars. That is because the stars are the same.
The stars, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, appear to circle around Polaris, the North star. They seem to circle around the north pole because the Earth rotates, while the stars are still. As we spin around, stars move out of our view and new ones enter. When looking up to the North pole, it is possible to see stars appear to be slowly spinning around the North star. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no conveniently located star but the stars still seem to spin around a point in the sky. The Sun seems to circle the Earth but again, the Earth is rotating and the sun is still. It's actually Earth that is spinning.
find the big dipper. its bottom of the cup will point to the north star. look straight up. draw an imaginary line in the sky from where your looking at to the north star. that is north.
astronomical north is a more specific reference to the north star. The north star is actually part of a 3 star constellation that is moving, as a result, true north is falling between two stars in the constellation. True North represents what the direct actual north is, but astronomical north is referring to what we see as north by the stars.
No. As you have no doubt noticed, you cannot see the stars during the day.