The North Star is the landmark of all wander across the earth , sea and sky
For some people the stars were the windows of the world, for others, its eyes, from which burst rays of light or from which insects pour forth towards Earth. For certain civilization in the northern hemisphere the North Star was seen as the opening in the sky that linked different worlds and through which heroes passed on their way to join the gods or to return from the heavens to Earth.The position of other stars can be determined by this star, which contributed to the idea of the stars as horses and the North Star the stake to which they are tethered. It is by means of this star that nomads, navigators and later, the first aviators found their bearings.
Adapted from The Sky Order and Chaos
In the current era, Polaris lies nearly in a direct line with the axis of the Earth’s rotation “above” the North Pole — the north celestial pole — Polaris stands almost motionless on the sky, and all the stars of the Northern sky appear to rotate around it. Therefore, it makes an excellent fixed point from which to draw measurements for celestial navigation and for astrometry.
My project is named findingpolaris is because just like the ancients who used Polaris as a navigational point and studied the skies, I have embarked on a journey in this project, performing the same action of looking up, finding the North star Polaris, going back to the celestial sphere that is held motionless above us all along yet we pay so little attention to them while they stay infinitely high. And as I start to construct and craft my own celestial sphere, to find the North Star, pivotal point in my life that then charts the rest of the positions of my stars and constellations.
The North Star is also the focus in my life which is always fixed above me, and my guide and navigation in life, which is associated to the God of my life as well (:
(my logo below is subjected to change after seeing these amazing star-trail images of Polaris!)