Polaris has long guided travelers with its fixed spot in the night sky Earth's axis points to Polaris, making it a vital celestial compass Axial precession shifts Earth’s pole over a 26,000-year cycle ...

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That star, named Polaris, is the brightest in the constellation of Ursa Minor, "The Little Bear".