Polaris+4B

The Chinese considered Polaris "the Pole Star" as the Great Honorable Lord of the Heavens. Polaris is also known as the North Star. Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole. Polaris is Latin name. Polaris is the most famous and wellknown star in the sky. Polaris is a very massive star of the 'F' it classification is a bright yellow. It is said by the year of 28,000, the star of Polaris will once again be the North Star The star of Polaris is about 431 light years away from earth. The North Star or Polaris was used by sailors as a navigation tool. Polaris is also a Cepheid variable star, what that means is it changes from bright to dim in a precise interval. It is still unknown what kind of Cepheid variable Polaris is. The radius of Polaris is about 46 times that of the sun or around 20 million miles/ 32 million kilometers. Polaris was known as the Star of Arcady. The name came from Arcas the son of Callisto. The Greek Navigators called Polaris, Kynosoura. Kynosoura means "The Dog's Tail". The People of Arabs said that Polairs was a hole in the sky in which Earth's axis founded it bearing.