Dennis Mammana: Earth’s Cosmic Wobble Will Eventually Dethrone North Star

Dennis Mammana: Earth’s Cosmic Wobble Will Eventually Dethrone North Star

Regular readers of my column certainly know how to use the Big Dipper to find the North Star (aka Polaris). Some folks believe Polaris is important because it’s the brightest star in the heavens, and they are disappointed when they see it. It’s faint. Really faint. If you listed the brightest stars in the sky, you’d discover that Polaris isn’t even in the top 10. It’s not in the top 20, the top 30 or the top 40. No, Polaris is the 49th brightest…