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All stars appear to travel in circles around the celestial pole. The ones that are

so close to the pole that they never set below the horizon are described as

"circumpolar" stars. The size of that region of the sky as seen from your location

depends on your latitude. At the north or south pole, the entire sky is included.

At the equator, none of it is.

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