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culminate
culminate in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit .... Read more |
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Carina
Carina [Lat.,=the keel], southern constellation , representing the keel of the ancient constellation Argo Navis, or Ship of the Argonauts. Carina contains Canopus , the second brightest star in the sky. It also contains the False Cross, a combination of four stars very similar to the Southern... Read more |
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Hercules
Hercules , in astronomy, northern constellation located between Lyra and Corona Borealis. It is traditionally depicted as the hero Hercules in a kneeling position. There are no very bright stars in Hercules and only three of third magnitude, the brightest of which, Ras Algethi (Alpha Herculis), is... Read more |
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Scorpius
Scorpius or Scorpio [Lat.,=the scorpion], conspicuous southern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Sagittarius and Libra; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Scorpius contains the bright stars Antares (Alpha Scorpii) and ... Read more |
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Crux
Crux [Lat.,=cross], small but brilliant southern constellation whose four most prominent members form a Latin cross, the famous Southern Cross. The long arm of the cross, terminating in the brightest member, Acrux (Alpha Crucis), points almost directly at the south celestial pole. Two other... Read more |
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Orion (astronomy)
Orion in astronomy, constellation located on the celestial equator. It is one of the most conspicuous and easily recognizable constellations in the entire sky. From ancient times it has been mentioned in the literature of many peoples and is traditionally depicted as the figure of a warrior. Four... Read more |
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Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia in astronomy, prominent northern constellation located almost directly opposite the Big Dipper across the north celestial pole. Five bright stars in the constellation form a rough W (or M ) in the sky. Some see in this formation the shape of a chair known as Cassiopeia's Chair.... Read more |
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Lyra
Lyra [Lat.,=the lyre], northern constellation lying S of Draco, E of Hercules, and W of Cygnus. Although many civilizations represented it as a bird, it was also depicted as a tortoise. The white star Vega (Alpha Lyrae), the brightest star in the constellation, is one of the brightest in the... Read more |
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Gemini
Gemini [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, ... Read more |
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Andromeda
Andromeda in astronomy, northern constellation located to the NE of Pegasus and to the S of Cassiopeia. Its brightest star, Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), marks the northeast corner of the Great Square in Pegasus. The constellation also contains the bright stars Mirach (Beta Andromedae) and Almach... Read more |
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The Underground Man
...leading expert on underground cities, is hardly pie in the sky. Not only is it...population, Israel has reached over land into...territories, up to the skies and out to sea...Israel should go underground. In the past...market; the massive ... |
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The strange war of a man named Smith.
...for underground movements in France. The...destroyed the French underground on the eve of D...and hundreds of underground prisoners. For...information from the .underground in the Somme area...blown out of the sky. The ... |
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COLUMN: A day which will live in infamy
...while Dec. 7 stays aloft in the sky, its grotesque counterparts...and why there was no widespread underground resistance movement. It silences the query of why...military and civilian deaths reached 2.1 million, of a national... |
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: Archives: Ulster airman escapes Nazis.(Features)
...searchlights and were searching the skies for us. "I had almost landed...branches of a small tree and reached the ground unhurt." A convoy...the Gestapo - but always the underground resistance movement got word in time and he was moved... |
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Atlanta the world's busiest: Atlanta is the world's busiest airport in terms...
...averaged 2,643 daily movements, and in 2005 this...city is home to Sky Team's Delta Air...by an automated underground train system. To...be joined by an underground people-mover to...deal will soon be reached with another company...million ... |
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Suddenly, freedom is in the air across the Middle East.(News)(An Israeli...
...a better tomorrow never reached the Arab/Muslim Middle...even a nascent democratic movement - for men only - in Saudi Arabia. No matter how far underground they are, the forces for...finally wafting through the skies above Beirut and Cairo... |
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Obituary: Bryan MacLean
...flower-power movement emerging on the...towards the rock underground. Love's unique...referred to as an underground, a garage band...following but it was underground. It wasn't meant...jazzy "Orange Skies" was the B-side...Forever Changes ... |
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NOW // The 20-year crusade
...of the women's movement, a chronicle of...restaurants, to keep the skies friendly for flight...of the women's movement. But the evening...liberation," a movement that in 18 years...they married or reached age 35. "They...quick call to an ... |
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Today never happened before
...of the Democracy Movement. Here in their...orientation tour of the underground facility. "You...defined spaces, underground, in surface structures...experienced blue skies, clouds, wind...several levels underground. The dining hall...The ... |
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Today Never Happened Before. (The Clone Chronicles Installment...
...of the Democracy Movement. Here in their...orientation tour of the underground facility. "You...defined spaces, underground, in surface structures...experienced blue skies, clouds, wind...several levels underground. The dining hall...The ... |