If you go back 3,000 years, the north celestial pole lay very near the star Thuban in the constellation Draco the Dragon. Thuban is easily seen though a bit dimmer than today’s North Star.

"Once you do, it's just spectacular," said Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky ...

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In 12,000 years it will be another star, Vega, which is all to say our reality can change when perceptions shift. The stars aren't moving in the sky. It's the Earth's view of them that has changed.

Where to find The Wintermaker, Curly Tail, The Sacred Loop and more indigenous constellations in the night sky. Standing under the night skies in North America pointing out stars with Arabic names ...