<p>According to the 2001 Astronomical Almanac (page C3), the mean position of the pole of the Solar equator is at right ascension 286.13 degrees (19.07 hours), declination 63.87 degrees. As James indicated, this puts it close to the star delta ($\delta$) Draconis.</p>

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2018-01-26T21:51:33.673Z
2018-01-26T21:51:33.673Z
JohnHoltz
<p>The North Pole of the sun points towards the constellation Draco. There is no bright star close to the North Pole of the Sun. The closest fairly bright star is Delta Draco, "Altais". A magnitude 3 star.</p>

<p>The other marks on the image are the "North Pole of the planets' orbits" The Earth's rotation is inclined by 23 degrees from its orbit, so the Earth's rotational North Pole is not the same as the pole of its orbit.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/hDEdL.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/hDEdL.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2019-01-31T10:19:06.737Z
beautiful graphic! Is it yours, or does it have a source? Consider also posting at [Does Venus have a north star or south star?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/22491/12102)
uhoh
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2019-01-31T22:31:38.070Z
Not mine, wikipedia, and released to the public domain by its creator. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snapshot_of_the_planetary_orbital_poles.png
James K
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2018-01-26T17:44:42.900Z
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James K
<p>If Polaris is Earth's North Star as it is directly pointed at by our North pole, what would be the North Star of the Sun?</p>

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2018-01-26T08:57:08.740Z
@ReactingToAngularVues: Do the Sun rotation axis and Earth rotation axis point into the same direction? I don't think so, so the Sun's "north pole" must be pointing to a different star. But anyways, it's an astronomy question and not space exploration.
DarkDust
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2018-01-26T11:26:40.303Z
space is north of the sun
ArtisticPhoenix
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2018-01-26T15:19:37.930Z
@ArtisticPhoenix say what, now?
Carl Witthoft
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2018-01-27T00:05:18.630Z
@CarlWitthoft Maybe he was thinking the following: Pick any direction at random.  The odds that that line intersects anything at all in the visible universe is basically zero.  You have to permit a "fudge factor" to get any sensible result; polaris is itself not perfectly aligned with the earth's axis, but it's close enough to serve as a direction indicator.
zibadawa timmy
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What star is directly north of the suns north pole?
zander
# What star is directly north of the suns north pole?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-26)

If Polaris is Earth's North Star as it is directly pointed at by our North pole, what would be the North Star of the Sun?

**Tags:** the-sun

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @ReactingToAngularVues: Do the Sun rotation axis and Earth rotation axis point into the same direction? I don't think so, so the Sun's "north pole" must be pointing to a different star. But anyways, it's an astronomy question and not space exploration.  
> **username_2**: space is north of the sun  
> **username_3**: @username_2 say what, now?  
> **username_4**: @username_3 Maybe he was thinking the following: Pick any direction at random.  The odds that that line intersects anything at all in the visible universe is basically zero.  You have to permit a "fudge factor" to get any sensible result; polaris is itself not perfectly aligned with the earth's axis, but it's close enough to serve as a direction indicator.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2018-01-26. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

The North Pole of the sun points towards the constellation Draco. There is no bright star close to the North Pole of the Sun. The closest fairly bright star is Delta Draco, "Altais". A magnitude 3 star.

The other marks on the image are the "North Pole of the planets' orbits" The Earth's rotation is inclined by 23 degrees from its orbit, so the Earth's rotational North Pole is not the same as the pole of its orbit.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/hDEdL.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/hDEdL.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: beautiful graphic! Is it yours, or does it have a source? Consider also posting at [Does Venus have a north star or south star?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/22491/12102)  
> **username_6**: Not mine, wikipedia, and released to the public domain by its creator. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snapshot_of_the_planetary_orbital_poles.png  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-01-26. Score: 3

According to the 2001 Astronomical Almanac (page C3), the mean position of the pole of the Solar equator is at right ascension 286.13 degrees (19.07 hours), declination 63.87 degrees. As username_6 indicated, this puts it close to the star delta ($\delta$) Draconis.


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