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In this epoch, it is very close to the north celestial pole. The pole will get slightly closer by about 2100, then start to move away. There will be no north pole star until around 4000, when Gamma Cephei will hold that honour for a couple of centuries. Polaris is fairly bright, but is hardly the brightest star in the sky…
