How To ALWAYS Find The NORTH STAR (2 Easy Methods)

Learn how to easily find the north star at night. Finding the north star, known as Polaris, is the easiest way to help you navigate and find which way north is, and it helps you understand your orientation when you're out stargazing at night. Knowing how to find Polaris will also help you align your telescope equipment when learning astrophotography.
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00:00 Introduction
00:48 Important Info About the North Star
02:03 Big Dipper Method
03:39 Cassiopeia Method
04:58 Why It Matters
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[@daisyheo4379]

I really like your voice! It’s amazing and so clear! I’m watching this with my son, William in South Korea and we really enjoyed it!

[@sharonclarke2587]

This is a great video to learn how to find the North Star - Ian, you do such a good job of teaching!!

[@ianlauerastro]

Thanks so much :) Happy stargazing!

[@tombock336]

Love all the graphics and fantastic editing, bud! Awesome. 🤘

[@ianlauerastro]

Thanks Tom, much appreciated! I'm enjoying making these vidoes, just need more time to make them :)

[@tatyanakravchuk1743]

Thank you so much It was really helpful

[@cartesianpixels]

I got recommended this channel! awesome video, thank you!

[@ianlauerastro]

That's fantastic to hear, thanks for checkin out the video. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PafMedic]

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[@brittanyo5182]

I stare at the stars every night with a beautiful view here in rural PA. When I googled “how to find the North Star” your video was the first one to pop up. Thanks man! Great video, great quality and educational 👏🏻

[@ianlauerastro]

That's awesome you have a great view of the stars! Thanks for the kind words, and keep looking up!

[@Numb22]

Same here

[@donc9751]

The same thing happened to me. This was the 1st video that came up. I'm glad i found it!

[@Henry_Churches]

Awesome video and great tips! This is going to help a lot on an upcoming astrophotography trip.

[@ianlauerastro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RazoukhrienuoKense-xi4si]

Thank you❤❤❤

[@absorbingphotons]

This was a super entertaining way to teach how to find Polaris! 3:37 made me lol 😂

[@ianlauerastro]

Shaka brah!!

[@donc9751]

Thank you for explaining this so simply!!!

[@ianlauerastro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@donc9751]

@ianlauerastro I should have mentioned, I did a google search and your channel was the 1st that I saw!!! Glad that I found it so I liked and subscribed! I'll be back to learn more!

[@Andy1076]

I've never looked up at the sky to identify until recently, oof! Need to get out of light pollution to learn all this lol! Super detailed :)

[@samithpriyantha6125]

My country is sri lanka situated 6 degrees north to the equator. Nowadays in midnight to dawn , i can look both big dipper and polaris , even though it is few degrees above northern horizon. Only northern horizon is visible to my home area as there are huge paddy field of sevaral miles towards north.

[@paullarue4896]

I used that technic when I was commercial fishing in Alaska

[@ianlauerastro]

That's awesome - I hope to visit Alaska sometime soon

[@hallgeirpedersen4331]

good👍🏼

[@joemc111]

In the 1970s I made a site glass to locate the North Star. For about 10 years every time I checked the star was in the view finder. 2inch steel pipe 2 foot long with washers welded on the ends with a 1/2 hole. I moved away in 1988 so not sure if it’s still hooked on the garage post.

[@mike_abramyan]

1:12 that's actually the micro dipper. Mostly useful for fondues.

[@ianlauerastro]

Gotta use the Milky Way to make that space cheddar🧀

[@tomb9420]

If your in the southern hemisphere, what star would you be able to use to line up your camera ?

[@robvercouteren]

I already knew the big dipper method and was trying to polar align my star tracker but i was not able to find polaris, not even while aligning to the nirth with a compass. Reason was that there were so many stars that it was impossible to distinguish them between al these stars

[@user-gd1xr3zh4e]

ما هو التخصص الذي درسته بالجامعة حتى حصلت على كل هذه المعلومات

[@burk3806]

Thanks! I'd used the little dipper method but just thought I was kinda SOL during fall and winter, even up here in bumfuck Wisconsin lol

[@ianlauerastro]

Cassiopeia to the rescue!!

[@numanergun.5911]

selam from turkey .. this is so useful so thanx a lot.. see ya later.

[@ianlauerastro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cd3694]

I thought the Big Dipper was visible year round since far in the northern sky?

[@haltux]

I deduce from your video that you are probably from "the south" (southern Europe, southern US, I don't know). Where I live the Big Bear is always visible and reasonnably high in the sky.

[@ianlauerastro]

I am indeed, nice observation! But even for some folks further north, the big dipper may pass below a large mountain or treeline

[@kengilmore2563]

Look north

[@tenormdness]

How is Polaris always above the North Pole when earths axis doesn’t move while it orbits the sun? People draw a line from the North Pole to Polaris, but let’s say it’s winter. 6 months later, that 23.5 degrees hasn’t moved, so that new imaginary line never intersects with the the one drawn 6 months ago. What am I missing? I know it’s really far, over 400 light years I think. But 23.5 degrees, if it’s steady, will always point somewhere different. Please help, anybody!

[@irmadealba6941]

How does Australia find the north star

[@universal1945]

The aboriginals would know better

[@shainedupuis2649]

Step 1. Don't go to Australia

[@ianlauerastro]

Step 2 - see step 1

[@ShukriRahul-zt9sc]

Step 3 - see step 2

[@vamplate105]

is it visible from australia?

[@saranshop1067]

Step 4 - see step 3

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[@varshithk2212]

Here before this vid goes 💹

[@ianlauerastro]

Cheers and welcome!