It was the best pole star from 3942-1793 BCE, achieving its closest approach to the pole in 2830 BCE: where it was less than 1/6th of a degree from the true celestial pole. Trisha Shetty / https ...

Saturn’s south celestial pole is very close to Delta Octans, but that’s such a disappointingly faint star it’s barely useful.

It varies from 0° for an object on the celestial equator to 90° north or south. We measure it in degrees, minutes (1/60 of a degree), and seconds (1/60 minute). So, declination is easy.

There is an entire portion of the starry heavens awaiting me, from (-) 48 degrees to the south celestial pole (SCP) which is at (-)180 degrees.

Saturn’s south celestial pole is very close to Delta Octans, but that’s such a disappointingly faint star it’s barely useful. Uranus famously lies on its side , and its celestial poles are ...