Labels:text | screenshot OCR: THE POLE STAR AND THE BEARS THOSE WHO LIVE in the northern Ursa Major | Polaris hemisphere can look toward the North Cygnus celestial pole. Polaris, the Pole Star, lies very near this pole. Unlike the other stars, Polaris does not appear to move across the sky as the Earth tums on its axis. Constellations seen to circle Polaris include Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and Ursa Minor (the Little Bear). North celestial pole I Milky Way Ursa Minor Cassiopeia Celestial STARS OF THE NORTH equator This star map is a projection of FACT The Earth the inner portion of the northern FILE celestial sphere onto a flat surface.
