where is the north star located in sky in Houston?

Answer 1

...in the north. It's called the north star because it's almost right above the Earth's north pole, meaning that no matter where you are, it's always in the north sky.

Answer 2

best way to find north star is to look for the 7 stars in the big dipper [ursa major], and take the two last stars and follow it upwards in a line - see the link below. As the big dipper is a circumpolar constellation [i.e. it never sets below the horizon] it is an easy pointer - but the region of the sky around polaris doesnt contain many bright stars so even you can't go wrong :)

Answer 3

At north of Houston.
Height of North Star above horizon = Latitude of Houston

Answer 4

Find the latitude of Houston on a map, that will be the altitude of the Pole Star. look north in that area and you will find the pointer of the two stars in the big dipper that point to the Pole Star.

Answer 5

Due north, at almost exactly 60 degrees above the horizon, because Houston is about 30 degrees north of the equator. Note that true north may be different to your compass, but in Houston the difference is only about 5 degrees to the east.

Therefore, you look for a second-magnitude star (among the "less bright" ones, you could say, but not dim), 5 degrees west of your compass's north point (hardly enough to notice), and two-thirds of the way to the zenith (directly above you). I believe it's the brightest star in its area of sky.

EDIT: Sorry, shocker! 30 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON, not 60. ONE THIRD OF THE WAY TO THE ZENITH. I live in the south and I'm not used to calculating the position of a pole star because we don't have one.

Answer 6

The north, under the big dipper.