Octantis, abbreviated as Sigma Oct or σ Oct, and it is officially named Polaris Australis (/poʊˈlɛərɪs ɔːˈstreɪlɪs/). The star is positioned one degree away...

navigation, and a much dimmer magnitude 5.5 star on its southern axis, Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis). From around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD, Kochab...

light, Polaris is a triple star system, composed of the primary, a yellow supergiant designated Polaris Aa, in orbit with a smaller companion, Polaris Ab;...

(indicated by the number 6 in the diagram). To the south of it is Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis, numbered 7), representing the Federal District. A...

Richardson (1878). "Aurora Polaris" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. III (9th ed.). pp. 90–99. Chree, Charles (1911). "Aurora Polaris" . Encyclopædia Britannica...

Beta Octantis is the second brightest star in the constellation. Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis), the southern pole star, is a magnitude 5.4 star...

Cook Islands Māori language. // Ursa Minor α Ursae Minoris Polaris Became known as stella polaris ('polar star') during the Renaissance.: 23  See polar star...

the two outer stars of the 'dipper' point to the modern-day pole star Polaris, it is less well known that the two inner stars, Phecda and Megrez, point...

that passes near several prominent stars. At present the pole star is Polaris, but around 12,000 BCE the pole was pointed only five degrees away from...

delivered Taiwan's first locally designed and built drilling vessel. The Polaris Australis was delivered to Dragon Prince Hydro-Survey Enterprise Co and Dragon...

a title currently held by Polaris. In 10,000 BCE it was the pole star, and in the future it will be again. While Polaris is only 0.5° off the precessional...

brighter than magnitude 7. While it is much nearer the pole than Polaris Australis (the star commonly used as the south pole star), it is too dim to...

σ 177482 104382 21h 08m 46.01s −88° 57′ 23.4″ 5.45 0.86 270 F0III Polaris Australis, south pole star; δ Sct variable, ΔV = 0.05m, P = 0.097 d φ Oct φ...

Northern Polaris Southern Polaris Australis...

(Alula Borealis and Australis, respectively); the "second leap", comprising λ and μ Ursae Majoris (Tania Borealis and Australis); and the "third leap"...

Theta Muscae B Eta1 and Eta2 Coronae Australis Kappa1 and Kappa2 Coronae Australis Winnecke 4 (Messier 40) Polaris and Gamma Cephei, twin polar stars;...

of Maine, United States; based on a comparison of the State to the star Polaris. dis aliter visum It seemed otherwise to the gods In other words, the gods...

Fifty-seven navigational stars and additionally the star Polaris are given a special status in the field of celestial navigation. Of the approximately...

Owenia assimilator Caullery, 1944 Owenia assimilis Sars, 1851 Owenia australis Ford & Hutchings, 2005 Owenia bassensis Ford & Hutchings, 2005 Owenia...

Southern Cross is frequently used for navigation in much the same way that Polaris is used in the Northern Hemisphere. Projecting a line from γ to α Crucis...

eogroenlandicus Ursus groenlandicus Ursus jenaensis Ursus labradorensis Ursus marinus Ursus polaris Ursus spitzbergensis Ursus ungavensis Thalarctos maritimus...

widespread in the aftermath of Permian Triassic mass extinctions. Tomiostrobus australis is preserved as whole plants closely spaced within bedding planes, and...

makes the solstitial colure point towards the North Celestial Pole and Polaris. The solstitial colure passes through the following constellations: Ursa...

differ in the first three letters): Aps for Apus/Apodis, CrA for Corona Australis, CrB for Corona Borealis, Crv for Corvus. (Crater is abbreviated Crt to...

Image National Geographic Polaris 1981-2009 Previously known as: Öresund (1960–1981); Lindblad Polaris (1981–1986); Polaris (1986–2008) National Geographic...

feature the hypothetical continent Terra Australis. Much larger than and unrelated to Antarctica, Terra Australis was a landmass that classical scholars...

(1963–2005) Ascort (1958–1960) Austin (1954–1983) Australian Six (1919–1930) Australis (1897–1907) Birchfield (2003–2004) Blade (2008–2013) Buchanan Buckle (1955–1959)...

emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic,...

early Tertiary than we see today. The oldest known Thuja fossil is of T. polaris (an extinct species) from the Paleocene of Ellesmere Island in present-day...

found in a 1971 study of Stichaster australis on the intertidal coast of the South Island of New Zealand. S. australis was found to have removed most of...