Tag: Does the North Star move?
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How close is the North Star to true north?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]about 433 light-years[/mks_pullquote] Does the North Star move? Polaris is the star in the center of the star field; it shows essentially no movement. Earth’s axis points almost directly to Polaris, so this star is observed to show the least…