[net.astro] What's the North Star on the moon?

wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (09/21/84)

If I were on the moon, where would the north and south celestial poles
be?  What is the rate of precession on the moon (if it's at all signif-
icant)?

Same set of questions for Mars too.

I started thinking about this question after reading a Hal Clement short
story ("Mistaken for Granted", I believe it was -- unfortunately, my SF
collection is at home, but my terminal is at my office) in which the
main character (an Earthling) got hopelessly lost on the moon because he
subconsciously assumed that he would be going due north if he followed
Polaris.
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