In message , George Dishman
writes
True, many people know that the axis of the Earth's
_rotation_ currently passes close to Polaris:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/umi-t.html
Probably somewhat fewer also know that the axis of
the Earth's _orbit_ passes close to Nu Draconis:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/dra-t.html
Yet another bookmark for my ridiculously large collection :-)
Thanks, George.