ce·les·tial pole
/səˈlesCHəl,səˈlesˌdēəl pōl/
noun
the point on the celestial sphere directly above either of the earth's geographic poles, around which the stars and planets appear to rotate during the course of the night. The north celestial pole is currently within one degree of the star Polaris.
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Celestial pole
The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere. The north and south celestial poles appear permanently directly overhead to observers at... Wikipedia
…about a northern or southern celestial pole, the projection into space of Earth's own poles. Equidistant from the two poles is the celestial equator; this ...
The celestial poles are the two points where the projection of the Earth's rotation axis intersects with the celestial sphere. celestial-poles-pic2 ...
The North Celestial Pole is the point in the sky about which all the stars seen from the Northern Hemisphere rotate. The North Star, also called Polaris, ...
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You can always find north using the North Star. Polaris can be found using the big dipper. Draw a line through the two “pointer” stars at the.
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