How to find Polaris and determine the latitude of an observer and altitude of Polaris

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[@brucepriser8780]

Question: how is it possible to see Polaris anytime, from anywhere on earth? If we are on a sphere??

[@urfsignsschweizer1945]

Polaris is not observable everywhere on Earth. First off, it is only observable when the sky is dark. Secondly, all latitudes north of the equator can observe Polaris if they have a clear view of the northern sky. You are right, we are on an oblate spheroid so the southern latitudes cannot see Polaris at all.