North Star (disambiguation)
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North Star is the prominent star that lies closest in the sky to the north celestial pole, and which appears (approximately) directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole.
North Star may also refer to:
[edit] Places
In Australia:
- North Star, New South Wales, Australia
In Canada:
- North Star hotel, a hotel in Vancouver, Canada
In the United States:
- North Star, California
- North Star, Delaware
- North Star, Ohio
- 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
[edit] Newspapers
- North Star (newspaper), an antislavery newspaper published from 1847–1851 by the escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass
- North Star News, a monthly newspaper run by students at North Harris College
- The North Star, a monthly newspaper publication of John W. North High School
[edit] Transportation
- 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 Stagecoach New Zealand bus routes in Auckland, New Zealand
- North Star, a vessel borrowed by the U.S. Navy during World War II and renamed USS Crossbill
[edit] Entertainment
- The North Star (1943 film)
- "North Star" (Enterprise episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "North Star" (song), a song by Magnolia Electric Co. from their album Trials & Errors
- "North Star", a composition (1977) by Philip Glass
- A cover of the Glass composition by Mike Oldfield on his 1979 album Platinum
- North Star Federation, a Cyber Nations alliance
[edit] Company
- Beijing North Star, a conglomerate company in Beijing, China
- North Star (company), a Californian microcomputer manufacturer in the 1970s and early 1980s
- North Star Computers, a company established in 1976
[edit] Other
- Minnesota North Stars, a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993
- North Star School District, a school district in Pennsylvania
- North Star Middle School (disambiguation)
- VMware ThinApp, a product by VMware with the codename VMware Project North Star
- "North Star State", nickname of the U.S. state of Minnesota