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The North Star

The North Star. : Brittany Collister. USRA Minor . 2005. Photograph. Astronomical Society, North Central Kansas. By Jim Kaler.By. Where is the North Star located?. The North Star can be found right at the edge of the Big Dipper. It is directly above the edge of the Dipper.

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The North Star

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  1. The North Star : Brittany Collister USRA Minor. 2005. Photograph. Astronomical Society, North Central Kansas. By Jim Kaler.By

  2. Where is the North Star located? • 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.

  3. View of North Star in Autumn. 1999. Photograph. W. J. Rayment. By W. J. Rayment

  4. When can you see it? • You can always see the North Star. • You can see it because it never changes spots. • It will always be above the North Pole.

  5. Willis, Bill. Polaris. 2001. Photograph

  6. Why do we care about the north star? • 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.

  7. White, Everett. Rebel North Star. 2008. Photograph. The Art before and After.

  8. How was the north star formed?

  9. How far away is the North Star from Earth? • 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.

  10. Why can we see the north star? • 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.

  11. There's More to the north star then meets the eye. 2006. Photograph. 114749, Washington D.C.

  12. Other names for the north star • Polaris • Alruccabah • Cynosura • Phoenice • Tramontana • Angel Stern • Navigatoria • Star of Arcady • Yilduz • Mismar • Polyarnaya

  13. Other facts about the star • 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.

  14. Reference • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star • "Pole Star." Pole Star. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 13 Jan. 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star>. • http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/light-year.html • Light Year." Web.

  15. The End Thank you for watching my PowerPoint. Now you should know more about the North Star.

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