Circumpolar Stars

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5183. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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Stars that never set as seen from a particular location. The requirement for this to happen is that the star's polar distance is less than the observer's latitude—thus from a location in latitude 52° North, stars of NPD less than 52° (i.e. with declinations of between 0° and +38°) are circumpolar and will be seen to circle around the north celestial pole. In practice it is difficult to observe ob...

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