Assertion: celestial sphere's pole | /r/HasProperty | located
Facets:
value: close to polaris
type: LOCATION
value: currently
type: TEMPORAL
value: easily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The south celestial pole can be located from the Southern Cross (Crux) and its two "pointer" stars α Centauri and β Centauri.
text: The north celestial pole can be easily located because it is marked by Polaris, a relatively bright star located in Ursa Minor constellation.
text: This wobble is called precession and has the result of changing the point in the sky where the celestial poles are located and, therefore, changes the "pole star".
text: However, the pole can be located by drawing two imaginary lines from the Southern Cross and the Southern Pointers; one from Gacrux through Acrux and the other at a right angle to the line connecting Alpha and Beta Centauri.
text: Because of precession, we see the north celestial pole, which is currently located close to Polaris, swing across the stars in a wide loop around the north ecliptic pole every 26,000 years.