Did You Know? We all know of Polaris as “the North Star,” the pole star for the northern hemisphere, around which all the other stars seem to rotate each day. Right now the southern hemisphere does not have an equivalent star, however due to the wobble of the Earth’s axis the celestial poles make a circle in the sky every 26,000 years. Currently the south celestial pole is between bright stars, but by A.D. 4200 the star Gamma Chameleontis will function as the new “South Star.” LEARN MORE.
