So, on Earth, the North Star is our pole star and it has been extremely useful for people living here for millennia. This ...

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit more than 1° from Sigma, so when using such a finder you need ...

The cyclic nature of the Celestial Poles’ rotation through the sky means Canopus was the Southern Pole star 14,000 years ago as well, albeit beyond the 5-degree mark.

The first ever images of the sun's south pole have been snapped by satellite launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). Until now, every image of the sun has been taken from straight on, along ...

The imaginary line that divides the northern and southern halves of the sky is called the celestial ... Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Drago. They circle around Polaris, the pole star, all night.

Delta Draconis was found to be Ceres’ Pole Star, by the Dawn mission, but it’s not easy to distinguish in the sky. Mercury’s southern hemisphere does better.