The north galactic pole is in Coma Berenices, which is high in the sky at nightfall, above the bright yellow-orange star Arcturus. It is high above the Milky Way Galaxy’s starry disk, so it provides a good view of galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
The north galactic pole is in Coma Berenices, which is high in the sky at nightfall, above the bright yellow-orange star Arcturus. It is high above the Milky Way Galaxy’s starry disk, so it provides a good view of galaxies beyond the Milky Way.