What's one way you can find Polaris?

Question

What's one way you can find Polaris?

Answer 1

first, find Ursa Major. If you dont know what it looks like, here's a picture:

http://www.spacegazer.com/images/photos/...

Then, look at the side of it, the part further away from the 'handle'. Extend this line, and Polaris should be on it. Check by looking for Ursa Minor, it's 'handle' ends with Polaris.

To help you find it, download Stellarium here:

http://www.stellarium.org/

It's free and great for finding constellations.

Good luck!

Edit: to someone who said that these dont work in Argentina, of course they dont, Polaris is beneath the horizon in Argentina at night.

Answer 2

if you can find Ursa Major (Big Dipper), you can find Polaris. Look at the opposite end of the Bid Dipper from the 'handle'. Find the two stars that make up the end of the 'ladle'. Follow the alignment of these two stars and they'll point to Polaris.

Answer 3

Best way is to first find Ursamajor. The last two stars Mizar,Alkaid( Benintasu) extend their line five times the distance    to north                you will reach the pole star.

You can look north at an altitude equivalent to your latitude and look for a magnitude 2 star.

Answer 4

My observatory telescope is already aligned.  So i can look up the RA and Dec coordinates for Polaris at the current moment, and point my scope there.

But usually, i just look north, and up 42 degrees, and it's the 2nd magnitude star.

Oh, look, someone mentioned using the pointer stars from the "big dipper".

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None of these techniques work from Argentina.