A lodestar is a star which is used to navigate by e.g. the Polaris star.
Any star can, if you've looked at the stars often enough to be familiar with them. Polaris can also be used to help you roughly navigate the Earth ... at least the north half of it.
Polaris, the North Star.
Because it lets us navigate without GPS.
The North Star is called Polaris. At night, it is often the brightest star in the north. It used to be used as a way to navigate at night, and still is in some parts of the world.
Polaris, the 'North Star', which never sets, and indicates the direction of north. Polaris is the last star in the handle of the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor. ('Little Bear,')
Probably the use of fire, or the use of the stars to navigate.
Yes, the name Polaris is used to refer to the North Star. Polaris used to be Thuban, then was Kochab, is now Cynosura and will, one day, be Elrai.
Well, on MY planet, there is only one moon. Not sure about your planet. Here the sailors generally do not navigate by the moon- but they do use stars. In the north, sailors use the Pole Star, also called the North Star or Polaris. In the far south, you can't see Polaris, so sailors use other groups of stars, like the Southern Cross.
The Phoenicians used the sun and stars to navigate
Polaris is the make of different models of vehcles like for example off-road vehicles, motorcycles or even snowmobiles. Polaris parts are used to replace original, damaged parts of those vehicles.
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