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North Polar Sequence
A sequence of stars used to define the standards for measuring stellar magnitudes. The stars selected for the sequence - about one hundred in all - lie within two degrees of the Northern Celestial Pole. This means that they are always visible to any observer in Earth's northern hemisphere.
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