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unusual facts about North Star



Anchorage Alaska Temple

The west side of the Anchorage Alaska Temple features the seven stars of the Big Dipper pointing to the North Star, a symbol found on the Alaskan flag and on the Salt Lake Temple.

Circle of latitude

Parallels make convenient borders in the northern hemisphere because astronomic latitude can be roughly measured (to within a few tens of meters) by sighting the North Star.

Flag of Alaska

The North Star is for the future state of Alaska, the most northerly in the union.

Salt Lake Temple

On the west side of the temple the Big Dipper appears, which represents how the constellation was used to help travelers find the North Star and help them on their way, in the same way the temple is viewed as a symbol to help people find their way back to Heaven.


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Bradley S. Leavitt

He moved to the Toledo area in 2000 when he began working at North Star BHP Steel in Delta, Ohio.

Emine Çaykara

She released her fourth work, The North Star of Historians, Halil Inalcik (Tarihçilerin Kutbu Halil İnalcık Kitabı), an in-depth biography of world-renowned Ottoman historian Halil İnalcık, in October 2005.

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is a public school district based in Fairbanks, Alaska (USA).

Jenners, Pennsylvania

Joseph Darby, who in April 2004 the Pentagon credited as the lone soldier who came forward to halt and expose the Abu Ghraib prisoner-of-war abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq, is a native of Jenners and a graduate of nearby North Star High School.

KATH-LD

On November 9, 2012, GCI, through subsidiary Denali Media Holdings, announced plans to purchase KATH and KSCT from Dan Etulain's North Star Television Network, along with KTVA in Anchorage from MediaNews Group.

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

In Great Britain the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company was featured on television as part of an hour-long program produced by the BBC, in which the company performed Concerto Six Twenty-Two (1986) and North Star (1978).

Magnetic declination

In the northern hemisphere, if you can see Polaris (the North Star) the declination can be determined as the difference between the magnetic bearing and a visual bearing on the polestar.

Mezőhegyes

It was here that the Nonius, later on the Gidan, the Furioso and the North Star types of horses and the Mezőhegyes English full bood were bred.

North Star Camp

The campers at North Star are boys aged 8–15 who come from all over the country (including Chicago, Texas, Nashville, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, New York, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, California, Florida, Kansas City, Omaha, and many more).

North Star School District

Joseph Darby, who in April 2004 The Pentagon credited as the lone soldier who came forward to halt and expose the Abu Ghraib prisoner-of-war abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq, is a graduate of North Star High School.

The name North Star is taken from U.S. Route 219, the North Star Way, which runs through the District.

Tino Lettieri

Tino married Michelle Nanne, daughter of famed North Star player and General Manager, Lou Nanne.

William Pullen

On his return to England, Pullen learned he had been promoted to Commander, and in February 1852, he was placed in command of the depot ship North Star as part of Edward Belcher's expedition in search of John Franklin.