ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER THE NORTH STAR HAS ANOTHER COMPANION
Astronomers have discovered that the North Star has a second smaller star next to it. Researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore found the star, which they called Polaris Ab, by using the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2...star060109.html
So the North Star has a starlet! I don't have a telescope, so I probably won't be able to see it at night. But by the picture, it looks like its so close that most won't be able to see the other star. If most cannot see it, then does it really qualify as a companion to the North Star?