SherlockWatson: Just ask Gladys. Gladys, Gladys, full of grace, help me find a parking place. If she finds one for you thank her by saying: Gladys, Gladys, full of grace, thank you for the parking place.It works. Trust me, I’ve never been without a parking place since I’ve started asking her.
Pole stars change over time as the earth wobbles slowly on it’s axis. The earths axis ’ precesses’ through a 27 degree arc the sky about every 27,000 years.
Past pole stars have been Beta Ursae Minoris from 1500 BC to 500 AD and Thuban around 2500 BC. The next pole star (around 3000 AD) will be Gamma Cephei.
A Greek astronomer named Hipparchus wrote about this process around before 120 BC.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
That is a fine idea!Thanks for the info about the north star, Dr. Mel.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The car keys star would be Vega.
Bittermelon of Truth almost 13 years ago
And that means that roadside assistance-directions star is OnStar…
GalleyOar almost 13 years ago
Rule #1: Don’t get lost during the day, only at night.Rule #2: Buy a GPS.
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
Gee, I got an original idea for a poem about my love being as constant as the North Star. Bet she never heard anything like that.
Sandfan almost 13 years ago
So what do we do in the Southern Hemisphere? Is there a South Star?
Rakkav almost 13 years ago
Sigma Octantis (in the constellation Octans, that is).
fogey almost 13 years ago
It’s good to have a rerminder 60 years after Boy Scouts, especially since the magnetic north pole has moved substantially during that period.
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Brewster has a car?!? R U Sirrious?!?…☻
Varnes almost 13 years ago
How ’bout a TV remote star?
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
Howzabout a star, device, etc., for finding a good parking spot when I go shopping?
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Geez, after reading this, I’m seeing stars.
Keshet613 almost 13 years ago
SherlockWatson: Just ask Gladys. Gladys, Gladys, full of grace, help me find a parking place. If she finds one for you thank her by saying: Gladys, Gladys, full of grace, thank you for the parking place.It works. Trust me, I’ve never been without a parking place since I’ve started asking her.
stamps almost 13 years ago
Gladys gave me a parking ticket yesterday.
nobody_special Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Will next week’s lesson be on precession?
ajlcary almost 13 years ago
Polaris is currently our pole star.
Pole stars change over time as the earth wobbles slowly on it’s axis. The earths axis ’ precesses’ through a 27 degree arc the sky about every 27,000 years.
Past pole stars have been Beta Ursae Minoris from 1500 BC to 500 AD and Thuban around 2500 BC. The next pole star (around 3000 AD) will be Gamma Cephei.
A Greek astronomer named Hipparchus wrote about this process around before 120 BC.
PappyFiddle almost 13 years ago
I guess only folks in the southern hemisphere get to see the information about the southern cross.
pbarnrob almost 13 years ago
And all this works only while you’re on Earth…