<Li> Facing south: rightward, or westward </Li> <P> Thus, northern circumpolar stars move counter clockwise around Polaris, the north pole star . </P> <P> At the North Pole, the cardinal directions do not apply to diurnal motion . Within the circumpolar circle, all the stars move simply rightward, or looking directly overhead, counterclockwise around the zenith, where Polaris is . </P> <P> Southern Celestial Hemisphere observers are to replace north with south, left with right, and Polaris with Sigma Octantis, sometimes called the south pole star . The circumpolar stars move clockwise around Sigma Octantis . East and west are not interchanged . </P>

Diurnal motion look like from the north pole