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Can you see Polaris anywhere on the earth?

You can't see it anywhere except in the northern hemisphere.

Polaris is a bright star in the northern part of the sky, very close to the north celestial pole, almost opposite the earth axis. Polaris is also called Beichen, Purple Palace and Purple Weiyuan. Purple is synonymous with Xuan, and Purple Palace is also the Xuan Palace. The female caller in the palace is Yin Dexing, who is the nine-day Xuan Nv of the Virgin of Chile.

About 15000 to 13000 years ago, Polaris was named Vega because of Yan Zi Shi's Weaver Girl, which originated from the natural worship of ancient stars by ancient Han people. Therefore, it is named Polaris.

Extended data:

Polaris is about 434 light-years away from the earth and its mass is about four times that of the sun. It is a bright star far away from the earth, at the tip of the bear's tail in the constellation diagram. Gou Chenyi is also a star of underworld nature.

Because of the special name Polaris, many people think that Gouchenyi is very bright, but in fact, under the ordinary weather in the city at night, the brightness of Gouchenyi has basically reached the resolution limit of the human eye, which is why many people read popular science books when they were young and knew about Polaris, but they could not find it in the northern sky. Unless the weather is fine at night, it is difficult to find Gou Chenyi directly.

Because the earth rotates around the earth axis, and Polaris is very close to the north extension line of the earth axis, Polaris is almost motionless in the sky at night, with its head tilted to the north, so it can indicate the north.

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