Polaris
At a glance
- Type
- Star
- Distance
- Nearby (under 1,000 light years)
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Yellow
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky: dozens of stars outshine it.
- Earth's axis slowly wobbles, so in about 12,000 years Vega will be the pole star instead.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q12980 · All space objects · All entries