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Polaris   /poʊlˈɛrəs/   Listen
Polaris

noun
1.
The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it.  Synonyms: North Star, polar star, pole star, polestar.





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"Polaris" Quotes from Famous Books



... place, starting from the stars [alpha] and [delta] in the Great Bear, we draw two lines which join at Polaris and are prolonged beyond Cassiopeia, we arrive at the Square of Pegasus (Fig. 6), a vast constellation that terminates on one side in a prolongation ...
— Astronomy for Amateurs • Camille Flammarion


Words linked to "Polaris" :   loadstar, Ursa Minor, variable star, variable, dipper, lodestar, Little Dipper, Little Bear


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