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Why do the stars of the northern sky appear to circle around the polaris
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Why do the stars of the northern sky appear to circle around the polaris

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The earth is rotating on its axis.

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Polaris is located about 1 degree off to the side of the north celestial pole, so Polaris does move a little, tracing a very small arc in the night sky, around which the other visible stars make wider circles.
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