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Polaris is located almost directly above the North Pole, making it the current northern pole star. It is situated at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) constellation. Its unique position almost aligned with Earth’s rotational axis makes it appear almost stationary in the sky, with other stars seeming to rotate around it. This has made it a crucial tool for navigation for centuries【source: NASA]. more here
Give those astronomers a gold star.
The name Polaris will be said to be racist by the terminally aggrieved in 3…2…1…
“six white telescopes, ”
Sorry, I don’t read racist crap like this. LOL
All Sharpton swears he saw a WHITES ONLY sign on it…
All very interesting, but what does this have to do with NASA’s primary mission: Outreach to Muslims?
It’s an outbreak of monkeypox, so we’ll need $100 million to study it.
Article:
“Radial velocity variation” my ass. What a dumb way of saying the photosphere swells and shrinks.
But that’s just a poor reflection on the article’s writer. The astronomers have done a stellar (!) job that I never considered remotely possible. Kudos!