These stars are known as
circumpolar stars and the constellations they belong to are called circumpolar constellations.
"Esoteric Egypt" reveals that the ancient Egyptians believed in reincarnation and a spiritual evolutionary process; explains the connections between the movements of Orion and Sirius and the story of Osiris and Isis, the importance of the Pleiades and
circumpolar stars to the Egyptians, and the fundamental unity of the Egyptian pantheon; and investigates the people who colonized greater Egypt 100,000 years ago, descendants of the Atlanteans.
Because opposing asterisms can only be found with the help of
circumpolar stars, which are always in the sky.
Circumpolar stars cross the north-south meridian of the sky twice every 24 hours: first above and then below the celestial pole.
These are known as
circumpolar stars and all seem to move in a circular path around the Pole Star (Polaris).
Stars that are near Polaris are called
circumpolar stars and can be seen throughout the year.
According to Richard Hinckley Allen, author of Star-Names and Their Meanings (1899), medieval Arabs saw an enclosure for sheep in the
circumpolar stars and figured that Bootes was the shepherd.
In a more particularly Chinese application of the usefulness of the
circumpolar stars, it was evidently also common practice to key their meridian transits to the positions of other stars by means of sight lines, and in this way by indirect means determine the location of the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies among the lunar mansions not currently visible in the night sky.
For example, descriptions of
circumpolar stars and constellations are repeated, with slight variations, on each of the five observing tracks.
His ascent to the "Imperishable" -- or "Undying" --stars put him in the company of
circumpolar stars that never set and so never expired.
His vast troupe of celestial officials paraded around him as the
circumpolar stars relentlessly migrated through the halls of his celestial palace.
In particular, the pharaoh flew to the
circumpolar stars. Neither rising nor setting, these stars migrate around the north celestial pole without ever slipping into the underworld below the horizon.