Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Hercules and Boötes.
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- proper noun astronomy A small
constellation said to resemble acrown .
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- noun a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules
Etymologies
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Examples
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The astronomers discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Corona Borealis.
Archive 2006-05-01 Mac 2006
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Corona Borealis in 1866; in Cygnus in 1876; in Andromeda in 1885; and in
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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In truth, she expected that Hennessey's passion for the comets would cease as had ceased his passion for the clergyman's daughter; that his ardour for astronomy would die as had died his ardour for play-writing; that he would give up going to _Corona Borealis_ and to the Southern Fish as he had given up going to the Derby.
The Prophet of Berkeley Square Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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-- A line drawn from either Vega, in Lyra, or Altair, in Aquila, to Gemma, in Corona Borealis, passes through this constellation.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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The star in the head of Hercules, Ras Algethi, is about 25° southeast of Corona Borealis.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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In the immediate neighbourhood of Boötes is a striking semicircular group known as the Crown or Corona Borealis.
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In 1866 a star of the second magnitude suddenly appeared in the constellation of the crown (Corona Borealis).
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Corona Borealis in 1866, and which was studied by Sir W. Huggins.
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Venatici now occupy the place of an upraised arm of Bootes, and I imagine that Corona Borealis, though undoubtedly a very ancient constellation, occupies the place of his other arm.
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The Serpent (_Serpens_) held by him is seen curving upward toward the Crown (_Corona Borealis_).
Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations 1862
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