Polaris (the jewel in a small semicircle of faint telescopic stars
called the "Engagement Ring") is centered in a six-degree-wide
field of view that shows a variety of other "polar stars."
Lamdba
Ursae Minoris is the reddish star up and to the right of
Polaris,
while Yildun (Delta UMi)
is the brighter of the two stars
at the upper right corner. Roughly
between Lambda and Polaris lies the North Celestial Pole, around
which they all seem to revolve. The star immediately down and to
the right of Polaris is HR 286; the one just down and to the left
of Yildun is 24 UMi.
See the full-resolution image and more on polar stars in the Polar Project. |