Assertion: celestial sphere's star | /r/HasProperty | polaris
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text: The stars are tracing counter-clockwise circles, centered on a point near the prominent North Star (Polaris).
text: In the Northern Hemisphere, the star Polaris (also known as the North Star)is currently within approximately one degree (1°) of the north celestial pole.
text: The north celestial pole currently is within one degree of the bright star Polaris (named from the Latin stella polaris, meaning "pole star").
text: That star is Polaris, the North Star.
text: The star Polaris, often called the "North Star", is treated specially due to its proximity to the north celestial pole.
text: Brightest Star: Polaris.
text: At the moment the axis points (within 1 degree) towards the star Polaris.
text: The star Polaris is located very close to the North Celestial Pole.
text: The star Polaris is located very close to the North Celestial Pole.
text: In the northern hemisphere the sky appears to turn counter-clockwise around the North Celestial Pole (NCP), which is very close to the star Polaris.
text: An observer can find their latitude by the angle to the Northern Celestial Pole (NCP) marked by the star Polaris.
text: Finding the NCP: For northern hemisphere observers, the star Polaris ( a Ursae Minoris) is located very near the NCP making it easy to locate (see Fig.
text: Now the star Polaris is close to the NCP and the vernal equinox is close to the border between Pisces and Aquarius (in 2600 C.E. it will officially be in Aquarius) which is what a popular song of years ago refers to with the line ``this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius''.
text: Notice that there is a star (Polaris) located very close to this point.
text: In reality stars appear to move in circles around a point in the sky very close to the star Polaris (better known as the Pole Star or the North Star).