Northern Star (disambiguation)
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The 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.
The term "Northern Star" may refer to the following:
- Media
- The Belfast based newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen founded in 1791 and suppressed by the British army in 1797
- The Northern Star (chartist newspaper), 1838 - 1852
- The Northern Star (New South Wales newspaper), a newspaper in circulation in New South Wales Australia
- The student newspaper of Northern Illinois University
- A Sunderland based theatre group, founded by Geri Freeney in 2007.
- Other
- The debut solo album and the same-titled second single Northern Star by Melanie C.
- A song from Hole's third album Celebrity Skin, written by Eric Erlandson and Courtney Love.
- MS Northern Star, a ferry in service with P&O Irish Sea and Dart Line between 2002 and 2004.