Stars over Charan Mandir. Jaipur Northern Polar Region

A 2min Total Exposure. Stacked with DSS. Finished in LR/PShop.

A Pole Star is for a thousand years.

About 4000 years ago, the star Thuban was the North Star. Since then, precession of the Earth's axis has changed where the North Pole points, so the North Star is now Polaris. In another 10,000 years or so, the North Star will be Vega.

Earth takes 25000years for a complete cycle of Precession, for Polaris to be the Pole Star again.
The North Celestial Pole changes along a Circle through Polaris, Vega, Thuban.
See the image,

Finding your way in the Night Sky. Locate Pole Star

Locate the Pole Star. That's it.
You can do that by-
Finding out the general GPS coordinates(the first two digits) of the area u live it, eg. North India it's between 20 to 30degrees North and Jaipur is 26North, 75East or 26N75E.
This means the Pole Star is 26degrees over the horizon (ground level) (forget the East part)
To get an idea of how much is 10degrees, close u hand into a fist and raise it to your eye level, and stretch out your arm as much as you can.
The area that gets covered by all the knuckles is 10degrees (Field of View)
Generally the Pole Star is just above the tree-top level or 3fists above the ground level, on a terrace of a building, the place you standing is considered to be the ground level.

An easier way is to locate the constellation Big Dipper or the "cooking pot with handle" looking bunch of 7 bright stars, (never on top of ur head) always in the Northern Hemisphere.
The two stars at the edge of the pot/dipper point towards the Pole Star.