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Monday, January 5, 2009

Polaris (The North Star) Stays Steady-05JAN2009


January 5, 2009

Polaris, the north star, marks Earth's northern axis on the dome of the sky. As Earth turns, all the stars appear to move across the sky except Polaris. As though forming the hub of a wheel, Polaris stands still while the other northern stars circle around it.

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