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Polaris   Listen
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Polaris  n.  (Astron.) The polestar. See North star, under North.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Polaris" Quotes from Famous Books



... so much into detail in explaining methods of finding L.S.T. is because, by a very simple calculation which will be explained later, we can get our latitude at night if we know the altitude of Polaris (The North Star) and if we know the L.S.T. at the time of observation. Some of you may think that the N.A. way is the simplest. It is given in the N.A., and in an examination it would be permissible for you to use the N.A. as ...
— Lectures in Navigation • Ernest Gallaudet Draper

... write now merely to say that Maria discovered a telescopic comet at half-past ten on the evening of the first instant, at that hour nearly above Polaris five degrees. Last evening it had advanced westerly; this evening still further, and nearing the pole. It does not bear illumination. Maria has obtained its right ascension and declination, and will ...
— Lives of Girls Who Became Famous • Sarah Knowles Bolton



Words linked to "Polaris" :   Little Dipper, variable star, loadstar, polar star, polestar, pole star, North Star, dipper, lodestar, Little Bear, variable



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