North Star (disambiguation)
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North Star is the prominent star that is closest in the sky to the north celestial pole. It appears just about directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole.
North Star may also be:
Places
changeIn Australia:
- North Star, New South Wales, Australia
In Canada:
- North Star Hotel, a hotel in Vancouver, Canada
In the United States:
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
- North Star, California
- North Star, Delaware
- North Star, Ohio
- North Star, Wisconsin
- North Star Township, Michigan
- North Star Township, Brown County, Minnesota
- North Star Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
- North Star Mall, a shopping center in San Antonio, Texas
Newspapers
change- North Star (anti-slavery newspaper), an anti-slavery newspaper published from 1847 to 1851 by the escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass
- The North Star, a slip edition for Ross & Cromarty of the Inverness-based Highland News
Transportation
change- MS North Star, a small expedition ship operated by Lindblad Expeditions for cruising in remote areas
- North Star (aircraft), a passenger aircraft manufactured by Canadair for Trans Canada Airlines
- North Star, a brand name of NZ Bus in Auckland, New Zealand, providing services between the Northern suburbs and the central city
- North Star, a vessel borrowed by the U.S. Navy during World War II and renamed USS Crossbill
- North Star was the name given to four different locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR):
- North Star (broad gauge locomotive, 1837–71), a locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson and one of the first to run on the Great Western Railway
- North Star (1866–1902), one of the GWR 378 Class locomotives; named c. 1871 and name removed c. 1897
- North Star (1898–1912), one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Bulkeley in 1906.
- North Star (1906–29), one of the GWR 4000 Class locomotives, rebuilt to 4073 Class in 1929
- North Star (1929–57), a GWR 4073 Class rebuilt from the above
- North Star (Amtrak), a former train route in Minnesota
Entertainment
change- North Star (1925 film) directed by Paul Powell.
- The North Star (1943 film) directed by Lewis Milestone
- North Star (1996 film) directed by Nils Gaup.
- "North Star" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a third-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "North Star" (Glenn Martin, DDS episode), an episode of Glenn Martin, DDS
- "North Star", a song by Robert Fripp from the 1979 album Exposure
- "North Star", a song by Magnolia Electric Co. from the 2005 album Trials & Errors
- "North Star", an unreleased song by U2, only played live during their 360° Tour
- "North Star", a 1977 composition by Philip Glass
- A cover of the Glass composition by Mike Oldfield on his 1979 album Platinum
- North Star Federation, a Cyber Nations alliance
- Under the North Star, novel trilogy by Finnish author Väinö Linna, published 1959–1962
Company
change- Beijing North Star, a conglomerate company in Beijing, China
- North Star Computers, a company established in 1976
- North Star Mine, Grass Valley, CA, USA
- North Star, brand of shoes owned by Bata Shoes
Education
change- North Star School District, a school district in Pennsylvania
- North Star (education), an Unschool based in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
- North Star Middle School (disambiguation)
Sports
change- Minnesota North Stars, a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993
- Kildonan North Stars, a team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League between 1976 and 1990
Other
change- VMware ThinApp, a product by VMware with the codename VMware Project North Star
- "North Star State", nickname of the U.S. state of Minnesota
- North Star (organization), a group for LGBT Mormons
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