Polaris
Posted: Nov 11, 2010
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Probably one of the most important stars to celestial navigators in the northern hemisphere, Polaris, commonly known as the North Star, happens to sit above the rotational axis of Earth, and therefore appears to stay in place as all the other stars rotate though the night sky. Called Hokupaa in Hawaiian, this star worked as a fixed reference point in the night sky, however it is only visible in the northern hemisphere. For this reason, it was only one of many stars used for navigation by the early Hawaiians.
