{"id":25408,"count":1,"description":"The North Star is the prominent pole star that lies closest in the sky to the north celestial pole and which appears (approximately) directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole. Currently, this is Polaris, which lies about two thirds of a degree from the north celestial pole, at the end of the \"bob\" of the Little Dipper asterism in the constellation Ursa Minor. Polaris has a visual magnitude of 1.97 (second magnitude) making it the brightest star in the Little Dipper. A common method for locating Polaris in the sky is to follow along the line of the so-called \"pointer\" stars, the two stars farthest from the \"handle\" of the more easily spotted Big Dipper (part of the constellation Ursa Major).\nThe North Star has historically been used for navigation, both to find the direction of north and to determine latitude. It has been used by lost campers to find their way back home. It always appears due north in the sky, and the angle it makes with respect to the horizon is equal...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/north-star\/","name":"North Star","slug":"north-star","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/25408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=25408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}