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USRA Minor. 2005. Photograph.
Astronomical Society, North
Central Kansas. By Jim Kaler.By
The North Star can be found right at the
edge of the Big Dipper.
 It is directly above the edge of the
Dipper.
 The North Star is used for the beginning
of the Little Dipper.
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You can always see the North Star.
 You can see it because it never changes
spots.
 It will always be above the North Pole.
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We care about the north star because it
is used as a navigational star.
 The North Star is was mostly used for
slaves back in the 1650s.
 We should care about the north star
because it points the way to the north
pole.
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White, Everett. Rebel North
Star. 2008. Photograph. The
Art before and After.
 The
North Star is about 430 light
years away from the earth.
 Which is about
2,522,249,280,000,000 miles away
from earth.
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We can see the north star because it is
more then one star that formed
together. The star is a bright giant or a
supergiant. It is a multiple star that has a
six solar mass.
Polaris
 Alruccabah
 Cynosura
 Phoenice
 Tramontana
 Angel Stern
 Navigatoria
 Star of Arcady
 Yilduz
 Mismar
 Polyarnaya
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The North Star is the brightest star in the
constellation Ursa Minor.
 The star is about two times brighter then
what it was when Ptolemy (a roman
citizen of Greek) looked at it.
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