Astronomy Without a Telescope
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:8 KJV
- Thuban (Wikipedia)
Thuban (/ˈθjuːbæn/), with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium BC.