Polaris (The North Star)
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Polaris pointed out in the constellation Ursa Minor
Welcome to our website that will tell you all about the star named 'Polaris' or better known as the 'North Star'. It is blue which means it is a very hot star, because the hottest stars are blue and cooler stars are red orange or yellow. From Detroit the star is North and can even be used as a compass because it is always North. Polaris is 46 times larger than our sun, scientists are not surprised by this because Polaris is a Cepheid star. Polaris's surface temperature is 6015K (Kelvin). To help you understand how hot that is one degree Kelvin is equivalent to 32.018 degrees Fahrenheit, This makes Polaris's temperature in Fahrenheit 192588.27 degrees. Many scientists predict that Polaris is about 434 light years from Earth, but many studies predict that it may be 30% closer than that. Polaris's luminosity is 2,200L sun. Its absolute magnitude is -3.66. Polaris is currently dieing which explains the fact that it has pulsations in brightness and heat.