CORONA BOREALIS

bôrēălˈəs [Lat.,=the northern crown], northern constellation lying between Hercules and Boötes. Its name derives from the crown Bacchus gave Ariadne when she was deserted by Theseus. The constellation is a small arc of bright stars, of which the brightest is Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis). Corona Borealis reaches its highest point in the evening sky in early July.

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books on: Corona Borealis  - 69 results

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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
electrons the * K corona and dust particles the * F corona . The coronas outer extension is the * solar wind. X-ray images of the Suns corona show complex loop structures near sunspot groups, and near smaller * X-ray bright points. The X...
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The Literary Essays of John Heath-Stubbs
Book by A. T. Tolley; Carcanet, 1998
Subjects: American Poetry--History And Criticism, English Poetry--History And Criticism, Italian Poetry--History And Criticism
...The constellations of Crater and Corona Borealis are nowhere near the sign of Leo...southern constellation and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is a northern...and the northern one of Corona Borealis. Professor Fowler, in Conceitful...
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A Guide to the Constellations
Book by Samuel G. Barton, William H. Barton Jr.; Whittlesey House, 1935
Subjects: Constellations
...Acubens Hercules ss Korneforos Cancer Asellus Borealis Hydra Alphard Cancer Asellus Australis Leo...Markab Columba ss Wazn Pegasus ss Scheat Corona Borealis Alphecca Pegasus Algenib Corona Borealis ss Nusakan Pegasus Enif Corvus Alchiba Pegasus...
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Ulysses and the Metamorphosis of Stephen Dedalus
Book by Margaret McBride; Bucknell University Press, 2001
Subjects: Dedalus, Stephen (Fictitious Character), Dublin (Ireland)--In Literature, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Characters--Stephen Dedalus, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Ulysses, Metamorphosis In Literature, Narration (Rhetoric)--History--20th Century
...ment. What Stephen may confront is the Crown, or Corona Borealis. In Scylla and Charybdis Stephen had depicted Shakespeare...up for Stephens parallel glance heavenward to the Corona Borealis at the days end. In Ithaca, the constellation specifically...
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Book by Lucien Rudaux, G. Vaucouleurs De, F. L. Whipple; Prometheus Press, 1962
Subjects: Astronomy
...110 - 11; metallic state 111 ; pressure 109 ; temperature 109 Cornu 489 Corona, see Stars, Sun Corona, atmospheric 95 Corona Australis, nebulous region 327 Corona Borealis, cluster of galaxies 419 Coronae, , 319 Coronae, R, 327 , 346 Coronae...
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journal articles on: Corona Borealis  - 12 results

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Marginal Likelihood from the Gibbs Output
Journal article by Siddhartha Chib; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 90, 1995
Subjects: Bayesian analysis--Analysis, Bayesian statistical decision theory--Analysis, Gibbs' equation--Analysis, Probabilities--Analysis, Probability theory--Analysis, Regression analysis--Research
...galaxies from 6 well-separated conic sections of the Corona Borealis region, originally presented by Postman Huchra...Table 3. Velocity (km/second) for Galaxies in the Corona Borealis Region 9,172 9,350 9,483 9,558 9,775 10...
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Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions-I
Journal article by Byron W. Bender, Ward H. Goodenough, Frederick H. Jackson, Jeffrey C. Marck, Kenneth L. Rehg, Ho-Min Sohn, Stephen Trussel, Judith W. Wang; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Comparative method, Austronesian languages--History, Micronesia (Region)--History, Micronesia (Region)--Social aspects
...cheew, chuu-, #cheewi- hand net, constellation Corona borealis, month name, chuu-ni catch (fish) with a net...fish) with a net; WOL shoou, shou- scoop net, Corona borealis, shoushou be capturing, scooping up, shou-gi...
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Real-Parameter Evolutionary Monte Carlo with Applications to Bayesian Mixture Models
Journal article by Faming Liang, Wing Hung Wong; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 96, 2001
Subjects: Algorithms--Innovations, Bayesian analysis--Usage, Bayesian statistical decision theory--Usage, Monte Carlo method--Usage, Monte Carlo methods--Usage, Statistics (Data)--Methods, Statistics (Mathematics), Statistics--Methods
...galaxies from six well-separated conic sections of the corona borealis region. It was first presented by Postman, Huchra...Probes of Large-Scale Structures in the Corona Borealis Region," The Astronomical Journal, 92, 1238-1247...
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Bayesian Density Estimation and Inference Using Mixtures
Journal article by Michael D. Escobar, Mike West; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 90, 1995
Subjects: Bayesian analysis--Research, Bayesian statistical decision theory--Research, Estimation theory--Research, Inference--Research, Kernel functions--Research, Parameter estimation--Research, Smoothing (Statistics)--Research
...Press. Postman, M. Huchra, J. P., and Geller, M. J. (1986), "Probes of Large-Scale Structure in the Corona Borealis Region," The Astronomical Journal, 92, 1238-1247. Press, W. H., Teukolsky, S. A., Vettering, W. H...
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Practical Bayesian Density Estimation Using Mixtures of Norms
Journal article by Kathryn Roeder, Larry Wasserman; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 92, 1997
Subjects: Bayesian analysis--Usage, Bayesian statistical decision theory--Usage, Density functionals--Analysis, Density-functional theory--Analysis
...Roeder (1992). The data consist of the estimated velocity (x 10.sup.-2) at which each of 82 galaxies in the Corona Borealis region is moving away from our galaxy. Clusters correspond to large-scale structures in the pattern of expansion...
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magazine articles on: Corona Borealis  - 5 results

 
 
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Finding Secrets in a Kiss
Magazine article by Kay Langmuir; University Affairs, Vol. 48, June 2007
Subjects: Astronomy, Canada, Kilpatrick, Ross, Mythology, Painting, Research
...her crown into the sky to become the constellation Corona Borealis. Dr. Kilpatrick later found that another Klimt painting...the respective paintings could in fact represent the Corona Borealis and Pleiades constellations. - Kay Langmuir Who are...
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Traditional Legends: Meanings on Many Levels
Magazine article by Annamarie Hatcher, Sana Kavanagh, Cheryl Bartlett, Murdena Marshall; Green Teacher, Fall 2009
Subjects: Changes, Earth, Students, Sun
...Jay, or Tities; Owl, or Kukukwes; and little Saw-whet Owl, or Kupkwej). Mains den is what others know as Corona Borealis. In the spring, Muin emerges from the den, and Jikjaqoqwej (Chickadee) is visible behind her. The seven hunters...
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Top 10: Exhale... 10 Hideaways That Press the Pause Button on the End-of-year Whirl
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 225, December 2010
Subjects: Hotels & motels, Tourist attractions, Trails, Travel
...32 acres of peace At Hacienda Corona de Guevavi, just this side...whimsical murals of Salvador Corona, from $189; hacienda corona.com -edie jarolim 6 METHOW...if youre lucky, the aurora borealis. from I115; 2-night minimum...
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Cosmic Plasma
Magazine article by Neil de Grasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 110, May 2001
Subjects: Electricity, Magnetism, Matter & antimatter, Plasma
...direct cause of the aurora borealis and aurora australis (the...would cause. The Suns rarefied corona, visible during total solar...temperatures that high, the corona is the principal source of...the Suns bright surface, the corona easily gets lost in the glare...
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Star Power
Magazine article by Michael J. Caduto; Green Teacher, Summer 2011
Subjects: Alternative energy, Electricity distribution, Households, Light, Satellite communications, Solar energy
...like a shimmering halo, comes the corona, in which the temperature shoots up...500 C). Superheated gases from the corona rocket off into space as charged particles...see the reddish chromosphere and the coronas whitish streamers during a total solar...displays of the northern lights, Aurora Borealis. In the Southern Hemisphere, catch...


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newspaper articles on: Corona Borealis  - 6 results

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Northern Exposure; Photographer Who's Spent 20 Years under the Spell of the Aurora Borealis
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 26, 2011
...20 Years under the Spell of the Aurora Borealis. WITH their great wings of red, gold...archive of 5,000 images of the aurora borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights...they surround him. He says: When the corona is above you, it looks like an umbrella...
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NIGHT SKY FOR MARCH: When a Whole New Universe Appeared through a Home-Made Telescope; BIRMINGHAM ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 26, 2005
...in the south east while the orange giant, Arcturus in Bootes, sparkles in the east. Constellations Hercules and Corona Borealis ride high in the sky by the early hours. Comet Machholz reaches its most northerly point on 10th and should be passing...
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: NASA Space Shuttle Programme Starts Again; the Decade of Discovery Is Previewed by Birmingham Astronomical Society Plus Tips for Stargazing
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 25, 2005
...northwest and trace its handle down almost to Arcturus. You should happen upon a small crescent of fairly faint stars; Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a pleasing little constellation just west of Hercules and a nice binocular object. If you...
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Poetry in a Box; Joseph Cornell Transforms Pieces into Magical Creations
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 18, 2006
Subjects: Cornell, Joseph
...ADMISSION: Free PHONE: 202/633-1000 WEB SITE: www.americanart.si.edu Joseph Cornells 1950 "Observatory: Corona Borealis Casement" (above), 1946 "A Swan Lake for Tamara Toumanova: Homage to the Romantic Ballet" (bottom left) and...
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Relatively Speaking, He's Still Light Years Ahead; It's Time to Remember Albert Einstein, Says the Birmingham Astronomical Society
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 26, 2005
Subjects: Einstein, Albert
...gear for which it is named. Above Virgo bright orange Arcturus in Bootes twinkles whilst the distinctive crescent of Corona Borealis brings the eye back to Leo. Mercury, Venus and Mars are difficult to see low in the sky so it is down to the gas...
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encyclopedia articles on: Corona Borealis  - 6 results

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Corona Borealis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORONA BOREALIS boreal s Lat.,=the northern crown, northern constellation...bright stars, of which the brightest is Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis). Corona Borealis reaches its highest point in the evening sky in early July...
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Constellations
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...11 78 Circinus Pair of Compasses 15 65 Columba Dove 5 32 Coma Berenices Berenices Hair 13 +22 Corona Australis Southern Crown 19 40 Corona Borealis Northern Crown 16 +31 Corvus Crow 12 14 Crater Cup 11 13 Crux Southern Cross 12 61 Cygnus Swan...
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Hercules , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERCULES , in astronomy hur ky lez , 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...
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BoÖtes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...o tez Gr.,=the herdsman, northern constellation located to the SE of the Big Dipper in Ursa Major and W of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown. It contains the brilliant orange star Arcturus . The figure traditionally associated with Bootes...
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Ariadne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...art of winemaking. It was said that Zeus granted Ariadne immortality and that Dionysus set her bridal crown, the Corona Borealis, among the stars. Subsequent treatments include nearly 50 operas by Monteverdi, Handel, Massenet, Richard Strauss...
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