BSL – Standing facing the North Star

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Finding the North Star

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• Locate the Plough constellation known as Ursa Major.
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• Find the bottom line outer edge of the Plough.
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• Draw an imaginary line outward from the pointer stars.
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• Stand facing the North Star.
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• When you’re facing the North Star, you ‘re facing true north.
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If the sky is cloudy

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If the sky is cloudy

• The North Star is approximately 6 times the distance between the 2 pointer stars.
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• Look at the space between those 2 stars and then multiply that distance by 6.
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• This gives you the approximate location for the North Star.

Visualised in BSL

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