Question

What is the other name for North star?

Answer 1

North star:

1. Pole star is the other name for North star.
2. At any given time, the North Star is the brightest star that appears closest to either celestial pole.
3. The star is known as the north star because it is located in the direction of the spin axis of Earth's Northern Hemisphere.
4. Ursa Minor is the constellation that contains the pole star. It is the brightest star in the Ursa Minor constellation, with an apparent magnitude of $1.97$.
5. Polaris, on the other hand, has not always been and will not always be the North Star.

Therefore, the Polaris star is currently the North Star.