Draw a line between these two stars and follow it out about five times the distance between the two stars, and you will spot Polaris. Exactly where Polaris appears in your northern sky depends on ...

Draw an imaginary line from the magnitude 2.3 star Merak, which forms the outer base of the 'bowl', through Dubhe, the star positioned as the 'pouring tip' of the asterism.

Draw an imaginary line from Merak to Dubhe, and carry on for about five times the distance between those two stars and you’ll come to the only bright star in that area of the night sky—Polaris!

Two stars in the Big Dipper’s pot section opposite the handle, Dubhe and Merak, can point you to Polaris, otherwise known as the North Star. Draw a line between Merak and Dubhe and that’ll act ...

Ask an average person to name a star and chances are they’ll come up with the North Star. Without a doubt that’s one of the best-known stars in the night sky, but “North Star” is just a ...

Polaris, also known as the North Star, is almost exactly over the celestial North Pole, making it extremely useful for navigation (and for making wishes on, as well).

An image of the star Polaris as captured by the CHARA Array, located in California's San Gabriel Mountains. Credit: CHARA Array / Georgia State University Some 430 light-years from Earth lies our ...

Simply draw an imaginary line from Dubhe - the tip of the bowl in the Big Dipper asterism - through and past Polaris. The next bright star on that path will be Errai. 5 - Alderamin ...