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skysurfer
18-03-2015, 06:20 AM
On the site of National Geographic I found a nice picture of natural luminescence with a starry sky.

One of the celestial poles is on this picture. Can you locate it and which pole is it ?

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/luminous-life/img/09-larval-click-beetles-glow-890.jpg

glend
18-03-2015, 08:13 AM
Well snce there is no pole star in the Southern Hemispere it would have to be Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere. The Octans group is the closest to the SCP.

skysurfer
18-03-2015, 07:35 PM
Correction: there is no bright pole star such as Alpha UMi, but there is. BQ Octantis (+6.9) only 10' from the pole. That star I use for polar alignment, and the nearest naked eye one is Sigma Oct (+5.5) 1.1 degree from the pole. Part of the Octans Trapezium which is visible to the naked eye.