wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (11/22/85)
Thought occurred to me when reading this -- we have all heard about how Polaris is the Northern "Pole Star" only temporarily: due to the precession of the Earth, the celestial spot directly over the Earth's North Pole varies. I believe I recall that, at times over the eons, Vega was the Pole Star, for example, and at other times there was no Pole Star in the north, just like there is none in the South now. OK -- if the northern pole migrates, so must the southern pole. Was there ever / will there ever be a southern Pole Star? If so, which one(s)? Will