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Corona Borealis

CORONA BOREALIS
Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is a lovely semicircle of stars centered on Alphecca, or Gemma.

Corona Borealis
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Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the northern hemisphere. In Latin, its name means the "northern crown.

Corona Borealis
Abbreviation: CrB
Genitive: Coronae Borealis
Translation: The Northern Crown
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Corona Borealis, the northern crown:
A small, ancient constellation, yet one of the easiest to recognize.

Corona Borealis
Transit Date of principal star:
16 May
Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown, is the crown Ariadne wore at her wedding. It was made by the supreme goldsmith, Hephaestus, at his underwater smithy.

Corona Borealis
Abbreviation: CrB English name: Northern Crown Coordinates see Stellar data
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Corona Borealis, a jewelled crown, shown in the Atlas Coelestis of John Flamsteed.

A better picture and information about Corona Borealis can be found here, and another view of the complete constellation of Boötes at a slightly smaller scale is on the page about Canes Venatici.

Corona Borealis
Map created in Guide 7.0 with the figure outline based on Johannes Hevelius' Uranographia (1690). Click on the object's name to access its image or click on the name of adjacent constellation to see its map.

Corona Borealis (Northern Crown)
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Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece (Ptolemaeus) ...

Corona Borealis, also known as the Corona septentrionalis, and the Northern Crown or Garland, is a constellation of the Northern hemisphere, mentioned by Eudoxus (4th cent. B.C.) and Aratus (3rd cent. B.C.).

Corona Borealis
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Corona Borealis(northern crown), Corvus(crow), Crater(cup), Crux(southern cross), Cygnus(the swan),
Delphinus(dolphin), Dorado(goldfish), Draco(dragon), Equuleus(little horse), Eridanus(river), ...

Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown
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Cor B International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Corona Borealis. See constellation. coriolis acceleration An acceleration of a particle moving in a relative coordinate system.

In Greek mythology, Constellation Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown, symbolizes the crown made by Hephaestus that Ariadne (daughter of King Minos) wore at her wedding to the God Bacchus, after being abandoned by Theseus.

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Some constellation families include the (the 12 constellations representing the signs of the Zodiac), the Ursa Major Family (10 constellations, including Ursa Major, Ursa Minor Canes Venatici, Bootes, Coma Berenice, Corona Borealis, etc.), ...

As the brightest star in Corona Borealis, it lent its name to the brightest in Corona Australis, Alphekka Meridiana.
In astrology it is one of the Behenian fixed stars and has the symbol .
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One half year later, the Pawnee watched for the return of the Circle of Chiefs -- the C-shaped configuration of stars that we now call Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown.

This might be connected with the idea of Corona Borealis as a floral crown. Gnosia Stella Coronae is the Latin name applied to the star by the Roman poet Virgil in his Georgics composed in the first century C. E.

Pictures of: Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Canis Major, and Corona Borealis
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The bright star at the centre of the arc of Corona Borealis.
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Chamaeleon (Chamaeleontis) Circinus (Circini) Columba (Columbae)--> Coma Berenices (Comae Berenices) Corona Australis (Coronae Australis) Corona Borealis (Coronae Borealis) Corvus (Corvi) Crater (Crateris) Crux ...

In this lesson I will teach you how to identify many stars and constellations that appear in the sky during the spring months - BÖÖTES (The Herdsman), VIRGO (The Virgin), LYRA (The Harp), CORONA BOREALIS (The Northern Crown) and HERCULES.

See also: Corona, Constellation, Star, Constellations, Sky

Topic: Astronomy