Question

How can you know the latitude of a place in relation to the pole star?

Answer 1

Latitude of a given location is the measured angle of the North Star over the horizon.Like - from Bengaluru, the North Star can be seen ~13° above the Northern horizon and the latitude of Bengaluru is therefore ~13° North. ... If you go as far north as the North Pole, you'll see Polaris directly overhead.

Answer 2

(Latitude of a given location is the measured angle of the North Star over the horizon.Like - from Bengaluru, the North Star can be seen ~13° above the Northern horizon and the latitude of Bengaluru is therefore ~13° North. ... If you go as far north as the North Pole, you'll see Polaris directly overhead.