I think I got lucky with the North Star being in the photo like this. I just basically pointed it at the sky without checking the direction. It is unlucky that I don't have anything in the foreground to give it some interest as I thought I had some tree tops in the frame.

This is a composite of 109 30 second photos, taking exactly one hour (don't do the math, it doesn't add up but if I check the time of the first photo and the last, it's exactly one hour). Canon 40D, Tamron 17-55mm 2.8 set to 17mm and F2.8, cable release.