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Circumpolar Stars And Constellations In The Northern Hemisphere

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If you were to stand at night right at the North pole of the planet, first of all, you would be very, very cold as you would be on top of a thick chunk of ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, but you would also notice something curious in the sky. The stars don’t set or rise on the horizon. They simply circle around the zenith (overhead) which is marked by Polaris, the North Star.

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