The Big Dipper at top and the Little Dipper at bottom. An arrow from the Big Dipper points to Polaris, in the Little Dipper.
#Polaris, the brightest star in the #LittleDipper, is best known as the North Star. But, as Earth wobbles on its axis, our pole star changes. A few thousand years ago, the title was shared by 2 other stars in the Little Dipper: #Kochab and #Pherkad. 🌌
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