Did You Know? Right now Polaris is the bright star closest to the north celestial pole, making all the other stars seem to circle it every day. But because of the wobble of the Earth’s axis, the celestial poles trace a path in the sky every 26,000 years that takes them near many different stars. By A.D. 3000 the North Star will have changed from being Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) to Alrai (Gamma Cephei). LEARN MORE.
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Reminds me that we’re about due for a magnetic pole shift:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.htmlÂ
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