Pole star (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pole star" in English language version.

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Ridpath, Ian, ed. (2004). Norton's Star Atlas. New York: Pearson Education. p. 5. ISBN 0-13-145164-2. Around 4800 years ago Thuban (α Draconis) lay a mere 0°.1 from the pole. Deneb (α Cygni) will be the brightest star near the pole in about 8000 years' time, at a distance of 7°
Barlow, N. G. (2008). Mars: An introduction to its interior, surface and atmosphere. Cambridge University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-521-85226-5.

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implied by Johannes Kepler (cynosurae septem stellas consideravit quibus cursum navigationis dirigebant Phoenices): "Notae ad Scaligeri Diatribam de Aequinoctiis" in Kepleri Opera Omnia ed. Ch. Frisch, vol. 8.1 (1870) p. 290
Gemmae Frisii de astrolabo catholico liber: quo latissime patentis instrumenti multiplex usus explicatur, & quicquid uspiam rerum mathematicarum tradi possit continetur, Steelsius (1556), p. 20
Our Monthly, vol. 4, Presbyterian Magazine Company, 1871, p. 53.
cited after J. O. Halliwell, (ed.), The Works of William Shakespeare vol. 5 (1856), p. 40.]
stella maris, sive illuminatrix Maria, inter fluctivagas undas pelagi, fide ac moribus sequenda est, ne mergamur undis diluvii PL vol. 120, p. 94.

brill.com (Global: 1,840^th place; English: 1,115^th place)

Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

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"Is there a southern pole star". Cornell University.

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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010). "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 109 (2): 101–135. Bibcode:2011CeMDA.109..101A. doi:10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4. S2CID 189842666. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

earthsky.org (Global: 6,724^th place; English: 5,463^rd place)

McClure, Bruce; Deborah, Byrd (2017-09-29). "Gamma Cephei: A future Pole Star". EarthSky. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
Bruce McClure. "Sirius, future South Pole Star". EarthSky. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010). "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 109 (2): 101–135. Bibcode:2011CeMDA.109..101A. doi:10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4. S2CID 189842666. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

ianridpath.com (Global: 5,934^th place; English: 4,798^th place)

Ridpath, Ian. "Apianus's depictions of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor". Star Tales (online edition). Retrieved 2025-08-20.
Ridpath, Ian (1988). "Chapter Three: The celestial eighty-eight – Ursa Minor". Star Tales. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7188-2695-6. ...in the early 16th century ... Polaris was still around three and a half degrees from the celestial pole ...will reach its closest to the north celestial pole around AD 2100, when the separation will be less than half a degree

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Kaler, James B., "KOCHAB (Beta Ursae Minoris)", Stars, University of Illinois, retrieved 2018-04-28
Kaler, James B., "ALDERAMIN (Alpha Cephei)", Stars, University of Illinois, retrieved 2018-04-28
Kaler, James B., "TAU HER (Tau Herculis)", Stars, University of Illinois, retrieved 2018-04-27
"Beta Hydri".

jumk.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Sigma Octantis". Jumk.De. 6 August 2013.

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"Precession". moonkmft.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
Kieron Taylor (1 March 1994). "Precession". Sheffield Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

msugalapagos.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hobbs, Trace (May 21, 2013). "Night Sky Near the Equator". Wordpress. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

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A. Maas,"The Name of Mary", The Catholic Encyclopedia (1912)

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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010). "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 109 (2): 101–135. Bibcode:2011CeMDA.109..101A. doi:10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4. S2CID 189842666. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

space.com (Global: 936^th place; English: 713^th place)

"The North Star: Polaris". Space.com. May 7, 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

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κυνόσουρα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
ἀειφανής in Liddell and Scott.

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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010). "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 109 (2): 101–135. Bibcode:2011CeMDA.109..101A. doi:10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4. S2CID 189842666. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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Archinal, Brent A.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bowell, Edward G.; Conrad, Albert R.; Consolmagno, Guy J.; et al. (2010). "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 109 (2): 101–135. Bibcode:2011CeMDA.109..101A. doi:10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4. S2CID 189842666. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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Ridpath, Ian (2017). Stars & planets : the complete guide to the stars, constellations, and the solar system. Wil Tirion, Ian Ridpath, Ian Ridpath (Updated and expanded ed.). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17788-5. OCLC 1004676396.

Pole star (English Wikipedia)

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