Lodestar is an archaic word for a star that guides, especially the northern
pole star
A pole star is a visible star that is approximately aligned with the axis of rotation of an astronomical body; that is, a star whose apparent position is close to one of the celestial poles. On Earth, a pole star would lie directly overhead when ...
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Lodestar may also refer to:
Art and entertainment
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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is an award given annually to a book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy. The name of the award was chosen because a lodestar is "a star that guides or leads, ...
, an award given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention
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Lodestar (band)
Lodestar is a British experimental progressive rock band, formed in 1996 by Heitham Al-Sayed (lead vocalist), John Morgan (drums) and Alan Haggarty (sound engineer) after they left Senser. They were joined by guitarist Jules Hodgson to write a ...
, an English band founded in 1996, or their debut album
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''Lodestar'' (album), 2016 album by the English folk musician Shirley Collins
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LodeStar Festival
LodeStar Festival is an annual music festival that takes place at Sunnyridge Farm in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded in 2007, but it was first held in 2008 and showcases a cross-genre variety of music on three stages. The festival's ...
, an annual music festival in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England
* "Lodestar", a 1973 short story by
Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ...
* ''Lodestar'', a 2000 science fiction novel by
Michael Flynn
Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports tha ...
Vehicles
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GWR 4000 Class 4003 ''Lode Star'', a British steam locomotive
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Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is an American passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family, specifically from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra.
Design and development
Sales of the 1 ...
, a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era
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Lodestar (trimaran)
Arthur Piver (; "Piver rhymes with diver"; 1910–1968) was a World War II pilot, an amateur sailor, author, printshop owner and renowned boatbuilder who lived in Mill Valley on San Francisco Bay and became "the father of the modern multihull."
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, a cruising trimaran sailboat design
Other uses
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Lodestar (navigation)
Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the surface o ...
, a star used in celestial navigation
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Lodestar method, a basis for calculating attorney's fees
See also
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Loadstar (disambiguation)
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Lodestone
Lodestones are naturally magnetization, magnetized pieces of the mineral magnetite. They are naturally occurring magnets, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism was first discovered in Ancient history, antiquity through lodeston ...
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