Polaris

Polaris

This star is one of the most well known stars to everyday people. Most people know it as the northern star. In contrary belief it is not the brightest star in the sky it is actually only ranks 50th in brightness. Another fun fact about the star is that all of the northern sky moves around Polaris. The Northern Star is very easy to see with the naked eye. In order to spot the star all you have to do is find the big dipper, once the big dipper is found find the stars Dubhe and Merak that make up the bowl of the Big Dipper. Once these stars are found draw a line straight from them to Polaris. Polaris is also part of the Little Dipper's handle. Lastly, the cool thing about Polaris is that people used to use this star for navigation. For example, one thing I found interesting was that slaves used to use the Northern star to guide them to Canada 

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Star: Polaris or Northern star

Location: Right ascension: 2 hours 31 minutes 48.7 seconds    
                    Declination: +89 degrees 15' 51'' 

Found by the Big Dipper and is part of the handle of the Little Dipper

Chemical makeup: High amount of iron

Spectrum Analysis of iron:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_spectrum

Stellar Classification: F7Ib- bright yellow supergiant


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References:
Polaris. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Stella Polaris
Polaris. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/stars/polaris.html
Polaris is the North Star | EarthSky.org. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from http://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/polaris-the-present-day-north-star#how