[Red Badger]

Menage a trois?.........

[wita]

The part about "super giant" lost me. Two thousand time brighter than the sun? Is reflected light brighter than the source? Shirley someone has the answer? Spelling on porpoise.

[Grendel9]

I'm certainly no expert on the stars, but
even my Greatkid's 5th grade science book
explains that Polaris only holds the
North Star position for approximately
14,000 years. Then its significance as
the Pole Star is replaced by Vega,
a star some distance away from Polaris'
"seeming" position. These two stars
alternate in the great scheme of things.
Guess even Science has to adjust to our
changing universe and reconsider its
findings every few centuries.

[null and void]

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed something just as constant as the North Star

The North Star is a variable. It's brightness changes noticeably on about a five day cycle...

[urroner]

From Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line":

I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a northern star
The brightest light that shines
It's been you
Woman
Right down the line

[Drammach]

Sirius and companion... from hubblesite.org