Dave, this is you failing to comprehend the scale of the universe again.
The North star is 433.8 LIGHT YEARS away. That's 2.55 × 10^15 miles. Or if you prefer longhand...
2,550,000,000,000,000 miles away.
12,427,423,844 miles is hardly a stone's throw away.
Add to that the fact that Polaris is...