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    Pole Star Help: What Was the Pole Star 9-10,000 BC?

    Such as the Dogon tribe? Because, and for reasons utterly unknown, they knew that Sirius had a companion star which was not only completely invisible to the naked eye, but never officially discovered until 1926. I still have not found an explanation as to how they were able to do this.
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    Pole Star Help: What Was the Pole Star 9-10,000 BC?

    I'm not sure, actually. Perhaps it's because it seems to be one of things that just "should always be." Like Santa Claus, you know?
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    Pole Star Help: What Was the Pole Star 9-10,000 BC?

    Dave, thank you! This has been a great help so far. I was stuck on Vega, because I can find references to it being the Pole Star between 13,000 BC and 11,000 BC. However, I can find NO mention of a Pole Star between then and around 3100 BC, when Thuban took over. The fact that there's no mention...
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    Pole Star Help: What Was the Pole Star 9-10,000 BC?

    I hope some of you will be able to help me. First, let me make sure I have this right. From what I understand, the five Pole Stars are: Polaris Al Deramin Deneb Vega Thuban My question is, what was the Pole Star between 9,000 BC and 10,000 BC? The length of time for each Pole Star...
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