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	Polaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At present, Polaris is slightly under 1Â° away from the pole of rotation (about twice the apparent diameter of the Moon) and hence revolves around the pole in a small circle almost 2Â° in diameter.
		Polaris is due to become an even more accurate pole star in the near future â” the distance between Polaris and the pole will reach a minimum (of just under 1/2 degree) in 2100.
		Although Polaris is a relatively bright star and is conspicuous since no other stars of similar brightness are close to it, it is nowhere near the brightest; it is actually the 47th brightest star.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polaris (702 words)

	Polaris [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polaris or Cynosura (α UMi / α Ursae Minoris / Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the brightest star in the constellation A constellation is a group of stars visibly related to each other in a particular configuration.
		At present, Polaris is slightly under 1° away from the pole of rotation and hence revolves around the pole in a small circle almost 2° in diameter.
		Although Polaris is a relatively bright and conspicuous star, it is nowhere near the brightest; it is actually the 51st brightest star.
	www.wikimirror.com /Polaris (1628 words)

	Pole star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term the pole star usually refers to the star Polaris (colloquially referred-to as the "north star") which is the current northern pole star.
		At the present time, Polaris is the pole star in the northern direction.
		Sigma Octantis is the closest star to the south celestial pole, but it is too faint to serve as a useful pole star.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pole_star (329 words)

	POLARIS FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Polaris (α UMi / α Ursae Minoris / Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa_Minor.
		It is easy to find Polaris by following the line traced from Merak to Dubhe (β and α Ursae Majoris, also known as the Pointers), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big_Dipper.
		Polaris is 431 light_year s (132 parsec s) from Earth, according to measurements made by the ''Hipparcos'' satellite.
	www.askacouple.com /Polaris (682 words)

	The Stellar Guide: Octans
		Unlike Ursa Minor's Polaris, there is no bright star near the South Pole.
		The Octant is a navigational tool used to determine the altitude of a star, and thus one's latitude on the Earth.
		The octant was used to measure the position of Polaris innumerable times in the early years of celestial navigation.
	www.botproductions.com /stellar/octans.html (153 words)

	Articles - Ursa Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The star at the end of the dipper handle is Polaris, the " North " or " Pole Star ".
		Polaris can also be found by following a line through the two stars which form the end of the "bowl" of the Big Dipper, a nearby asterism found in the constellation Ursa Major.
		The seven stars are the origin of the Latin word septentrion meaning "north," and now found as the adjective septentrional (northern) in French and Spanish, to go with adjectives for the other three directions that refer to the position of the sun.
	www.postalesa.com /articles/Ursa_Minor (593 words)

	night at anchor
		Atria Atria is the brightest of the three stars at the southeast apex of the Triangulum Australis (Southern Triangle), which lies between Rigil Kentaurus and Peacock.
		Polaris The Pole Star, Polaris is at the end of the handle of the little dipper (Ursa Minor).
		Polaris is within one degree of the observer's latitude.
	gantron.com /f-bits/night_at_anchor.htm (1447 words)

	SIGMA OCTANTIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polaris Australis ist der Eigenname des Sterns Sigma Octantis.
		Sigma Octantis ist das südliche Gegenstück zum Polarstern, er ist der den südlichsten Himmelspol nächstgelegene mit blankem Auge sichtbare Stern.
		Polaris Australis ist in der Flagge Brasiliens abgebildet.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/S/Sigma_Octantis (92 words)

	Polaris - Wikipedia en espaÃ±ol
		Polaris - en astronomÃa, estrella normalmente conocido como la Estrella del Norte (Polaris Borealis).
		Polaris Australis - estrella que es actualmente la Estrella del Sur, Sigma Octantis.
		Polaris, barco de la tercera expediciÃ³n al Ãrtico de Charles Francis VestÃbulo.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polaris (142 words)

	Sigma Octantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Its position near the southern celestial pole makes it the southern hemisphere 's counterpart to Polaris, the North Star.
		To an observer standing at the South Pole, Sigma Octantis would appear almost motionless and all the other stars in the Southern sky would appear to rotate around it.
		However, it is a faint star—at magnitude 5.5 it is barely visible to the naked eye—which makes it a rather poor pole star, especially by comparison to the much brighter and easily visible Polaris.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/s/si/sigma_octantis.html (157 words)

	Space Now
		While all the other stars of the night sky appear to move, Polaris remains in the same place.
		Polaris has not and will not be the pole star for ever.
		Before the invention of the compass Polaris was an important navigational tool.
	www.spacenow.org.uk /index.cfm?code=constell&constellID=47 (191 words)

	Artistopia Music - Polaris
		"Polaris" comes from ''Stella Polaris'', the Latin form of its common name "Pole Star." The Greek name Cynosura (????s???a) means "tail of the dog" and is the source of o.....
		"Polaris" comes from ''Stella Polaris'', the Latin form of its common name "Pole Star." The Greek name Cynosura (????s???a) means "tail of the dog" and is the source of our word cynosure.
		Only twice during every sidereal day does Polaris accurately define the true north azimuth; the rest of the time it is only an approximation and must be corrected using tables.
	www.artistopia.com /Music-Artists/Pros/Bio.asp?ID=7013&Name=Polaris (789 words)

	Polarstern - Wikipedia
		Am sÃ¼dlichen Sternenhimmel gibt es keinen Stern vergleichbarer Helligkeit in PolnÃ¤he; als Pendant des Polarsterns kann dort Polaris Australis (Ï Octantis) angesehen werden, ein viel schwÃ¤cherer Stern 5. GrÃ¶Ãe.
		Polaris ist ein visueller Doppelstern mit einem Begleiter der scheinbaren Helligkeit 9
		Bis zur Entdeckung seiner VerÃ¤nderlichkeit diente Polaris auch als Bezugsstern (Nullpunkt) fÃ¼r die Skala der Helligkeiten.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polarstern (585 words)

	Encyclopedia: Big Dipper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The star Polaris, the Pole Star, can be found by measuring a line five times the angular distance between the two pointer stars Dubhe and Merak forming the end of the dipper cup, through those stars and up and away from the dipper.
		The dipper also points the way to other stars, for instance by sweeping down from the handle one reaches Arcturus (α Boötis) and Spica (α Virginis).
		These stars are found along the southwest border of the constellation, the bear's toes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Big-Dipper (850 words)

	Polaris - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Polaris
		Polaris is a yellow supergiant about 500 light years away from the Sun.
		Polaris is a Cepheid variable whose magnitude varies between 2.1 and 2.2 over 3.97 days.
		Polaris Low Acoustic Noise Exhaust Technology (Polaris watercraft)
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Polaris (273 words)

	Mappa.Mundi Magazine - Locus - Finding the Poles
		At this time Polaris in the Little Dipper marks the pole very accurately, since the earth's wobble has moved the north pole to within less than one degree of the star.
		They also assumed the South Pole was located in "Terra Australis," an enormous but imaginary continent that balanced the large land masses in the northern hemisphere and was named for Auster, the wind that blew from the south.
		Sir William Gilbert, a doctor in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, was the first to discredit the iron mountain theory by postulating that the earth itself is a giant magnet.
	mappa.mundi.net /locus/locus_012 (824 words)

	Polaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polaris (α UMi / α Ursae Minoris / Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the brightest star in the constellation
		It is also very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current north pole star (but this is only a temporary situation due to
		Dubhe (β and α Ursae Majoris, also known as the Pointers), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper.
	en.efactory.pl /Pole_Star (626 words)

	Polaris (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polaris : in astronomy, a star commonly known as the North Star (Polaris Borealis)
		Polaris Australis, a star that is currently the South Star, Sigma Octantis
		This is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polaris_(disambiguation) (105 words)

	Netherworld - Inf@
		Netherworld used to be a project called "Australis" that was a sequel to a story called "polaris" I've been conjuring in my head in tenth grade.
		Polaris and Australis were two stories that sorta modeled the visual world of Phillip Pullman's "Dark Materials" trilogy.
		Over time, australis ceased to be part of the Polaris story and developed into a story of it's own: Netherworld.
	netherworld.razornetwork.com /info.html (1142 words)

	Names and Definition of the Aurora, Alaska Science Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These particles stream out from the sun and normally are guided by the earth's magnetic field into the polar regions where they enter the atmosphere and make it glow.
		The proper name for the aurora of the southern hemisphere is the aurora australis.
		Together the aurora australis and the aurora borealis are known as the aurora polaris.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF3/368.html (382 words)

	Polarstern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Weitere Namen sind Stella Polaris oder nur Polaris und Nordstern ; bei den Griechen der Antike hieß er Phoenice.
		Polaris ist ein Doppelstern mit einem Begleitstern der scheinbaren Helligkeit 9m in 18,4" Abstand, der 1780 von Herschel entdeckt wurde.
		Über sein südliches Gegenstück, Sigma Octantis (auch Polaris Australis genannt), Polaris_Australis Koordinaten ( Äquinoktium 2000)
	www.themensuche.de /Polarstern.html (374 words)

	Ursa Major
		Polaris, the North Star, and the orientation of the bear figures changes dramatically through the course of the night.
		With the exception of Polaris, the seven stars making up the Little Dipper, or Lesser Bear ( Ursa Minor) are much fainter than the seven star making up the Big Dipper, which is the most prominent group of stars in the sky.
		Another version of this story has it that the oxen were tied to the polar axis and were driven on by Bootes, assisted by his two dogs Canes Venatici, in order that the rotations of the heavens should never cease.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/UrsaMajor.html (8128 words)

	The Constellations - Enchanted Learning Software
		Cassiopeia is an easily-seen constellation that is in the far northern sky.
		The globular cluster NGC 1851 and the blue magnitude 5 star (mu Col, a " runaway star ") are in Columba.
		Crux (or Crux Australis) is the scientific name of the Southern Cross constellation.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/stars/constellations.shtml (2292 words)

	Care Factor Test
		In the Northern hemisphere they have Polaris at a declination of about 89 and a bit degrees to mark the NCP (which is at a declination of 90 degrees).
		Here in the South we have Sigma-Octantis (Polaris Australis) which is at a declination of almost -89 degrees, so it tends to very closely circle the SCP.
		However, unlike Polaris which is one of the brightest stars in the sky, Sigma-Octantis is very small and dim and not generally visible (if at all) to the unaided eye.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~rasigsau/australian_flag_navigation.htm (1052 words)

	BANDIERA DEL BRASILE
		La stella che rappresenta il Distretto Federale è la Polaris Australis, e la sua posizione vicino al polo sud celeste la rende visibile attraverso tutta la nazione, in ogni giorno e ad ogni ora.
		Inoltre tutte le altre stelle circondano Polaris Australis.
		A sud di questa c'è la Polaris Australis (σ Octantis, n.
	www.24pm-affiliation.com /encyclopedia/B/Bandiera_del_Brasile (426 words)

	Polarstern - netlexikon
		Weitere Namen sind Stella Polaris oder nur Polaris, bzw.
		Polaris ist ein visueller Doppelstern mit einem Begleiter von der scheinbaren Helligkeit 9
		Ãber sein sÃ¼dliches GegenstÃ¼ck, Sigma Octantis (auch Polaris Australis genannt), Polaris Australis
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Polarstern.html (591 words)

	Proof of Heliocentric Incorrectness 3 - Celestial Poles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It cannot be that Polaris is so far away that we would not observe such an effect, for, if that were so, then we definitely would not get any small circle appearing as a result of the World's alleged spin.
		Stars in close angular proximity to the north celestial pole, such as Polaris, are not so far away that they do not describe small circles, as a result (so we are told) of the World's rotation about an axis.
		We are therefore left with a World that must remain on the north-south axis of the celestial sphere, must be central, because of countless other observations (e.g., Y.P. Varshni's paper, briefly mentioned under " Solar System," elsewhere on this website), and which cannot be a World that rotates.
	www.geocentric-universe.com /page32.htm (1267 words)

	AURORA POLARIS (Aurora Borealis and Australis, Polar Light, Northern Lights) - Online Information article about AURORA ...
		AURORA POLARIS (Aurora Borealis and Australis, Polar Light, Northern Lights)
		AURORA POLARIS (Aurora Borealis and Australis, Polar Light, Northern Lights), a natural phenomenon which occurs in many forms, some of
		End of Article: AURORA POLARIS (Aurora Borealis and Australis, Polar Light, Northern Lights)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /AUD_BAI/AURORA_POLARIS_Aurora_Borealis.html (478 words)

	Polaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	enciclopedia.cc /Polaris (341 words)

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