DRACO, in Astronomy

[Lat.,=the dragon], northern constellation lying SE of Ursa Minor and N of Lyra and Hercules. It is traditionally depicted as a dragon. Draco contains the bright star Eltanin (Gamma Draconis). Thuban (Alpha Draconis) was the polestar 5,000 years ago, i.e., it was the star nearest the celestial pole, but because of the precession of the equinoxes, the polestar is now Polaris. Draco reaches its highest point in the evening sky in July, and is visible throughout the year for observers north of 40°N lat.

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books on: Draco in Astronomy  - 35 results

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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...Bright. Resolvable. Draco, Double Star Mu 17 3 +54 36 4 4.5 2.5 Binary. Period, 600 years. ? Inter esting pair. Draco, Double Star 40 18 9 +79 59 5.5 6 20 Draco, Double Star .......... 14 37 +58...
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of the Heavens
Book by Alan C. Bowen, Robert B. Todd, Cleomedes; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy, Greek, Astronomy--Early Works To 1800
...composed his poem The Phaenomena , the head of Draco and the feet of Helice will be touching...62 cf. Schol. in Arat. vet. 98.7 8 Draco is said to look as if it is inclined towards...with the tip of the tail. The head of Draco passes through the point where the end...
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Sharing the Sky: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Astronomy
Book by David H. Levy, Larry A. Lebofsky, Nancy R. Lebofsky; Perseus Publishing, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Study And Teaching (Elementary)
April and May, Draco is best seen during the Northern Hemispheres warm...saw a man-eating serpent. The proximity of Draco to Hercules works well with a classical story: Hercules killed Draco as the dragon defended the golden apples in the...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...The type star is Nova Herculis 1934, a famous * slow nova. Draco abbr. Dra, gen. Draconis The eighth-largest constellation...Gamma Draconis * Eltanin . Alpha Draconis is known as * Thuban. Draco contains several interesting double stars. They include Mu...
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Greek Astronomy
Book by Thomas L. Heath; Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1932
Subjects: Astronomy, Greek, Astronomy--Early Works To 1800
...the tip of the tail." For it is not the right but the left temple which is in a straight line with the tongue of the Serpent Draco and the tip of the tail of the Great Bear. To say, as Attalus does, that Aratus supposes the Dragons head to be turned the...
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"The Globe We Groan In": Astronomical Distance and Stellar Decay in in Memoriam
Journal article by Anna Henchman; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: Astronomy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Works, Tennyson, Alfred, Lord--Attitudes, Tennyson, Alfred, Lord--Works
...between the poets lifelong preoccupation with astronomy and his larger poetic project. Astronomy fascinated Tennyson for its own sake, and...to write the 1833 Bridgewater Treatise On Astronomy and General Physics. Throughout the 1830s...
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Renaissance Monks: Monastic Humanism in Six Biographical Sketches
Journal article by Erika Rummel; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Renaissance Monks: Monastic Humanism in Six Biographical Sketches (Book)--Book reviews
...After all, it contains the names of Johannes Lang, Johannes Draco, and Jodocus Menius--not to mention Luther himself...ideal of trilingual studies, but focused on mathematics and astronomy-astrology. Nicolaus Ellenbog of Ottobeuren (d. 1543...
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Education of the Young Harry Potter: Socialization and Schooling for Wizards
Journal article by Mary S. Black, Marilyn J. Eisenwine; The Educational Forum, Vol. 66, 2001
...a number of rigorous subject-matter courses. Classes in astronomy, arithmancy, charms, and divination are required. Every...students seem happy. Even snobbish, cunning students like Draco realize how essential Hogwarts is to their future. As Worthy...
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Blake's "Tyger" as Miltonic Beast
Journal article by Paul Miner; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 47, 2008
Subjects: Blake, William (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, Blake, William (British poet)--Works, Milton, John (English poet)--Influence, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Influence, Poets--Works, The Tyger (Blake, William) (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...see Paul Miner, "Blake and the Night Sky III: Visionary Astronomy," Bulletin of Research in the Humanities 84 (1981 1983...Queen Cassiopeias fiery golden chair, near the constellation Draco, is shown canopied in Albrecht Durers famous design of the...


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What's Your Sign?
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, April 1993
Subjects: Astrology, Astronomy, Constellations, Planets
...Thuban in the constellation Draco; it will be occupied by Vega...considered as rational as the astronomy and geometry upon which astrology...seventeenth century, the science of astronomy has become more precise, while...featuring astrology but not astronomy. The news that Reagans White...
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Skylog
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 119, September 2011
Subjects: Astronomy, Meteors & meteorites
...evening of the 8th could bring a "surprise" shower: the dormant Draconids could again come streaking out of the constellation Draco, the Dragon. Spawned from Periodic Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, the Draconids (also known as the "Giacobinids") produced...
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Turn, Turn, Turn
Magazine article by Donald Goldsmith; Natural History, Vol. 115, December 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Changes, Orbits, Seasons, Summer, Sun, Winter
...at any particular time. In those days, astronomical observers relied on a much fainter star, Thuban, in the constellation Draco, the dragon, to serve as the north star; they may even have oriented the galleries of the pyramid on the basis of Thubans...
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The Dragon: Mythical Beasts of the Middle East, Part 2
Magazine article by Rachel Hajar; World and I, Vol. 14, January 1999
Subjects: Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Dragons--Portrayals, Mythical animals--Portrayals
...influence. In the Islamic world, astronomy and astrology were closely related...Islamic art is the constellation Draco. Following the classical norm, Draco was depicted as a serpentine...constellation Serpentarius, Draco is shown with its mouth open...
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The New Atlantis: and the Dangers of Pseudohistory
Magazine article by Garrett G. Fagan, Chris Hale; Skeptic, Vol. 9, 2001
Subjects: History, Mythology
...the broader study of ancient astronomy undermines any "diffusionist...the map of the constellation Draco which Hancock sees among the...attempt to appeal to geology and astronomy by redating the Sphinx (traditionally...science (geology) by another (astronomy). But Leo was certainly not...
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Astronomy Student to Represent RP in Int'l Conference
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 2, 2009
Astronomy Student to Represent RP in Intl Conference. A female first year Astronomy student of the Rizal Technological University...the country at the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) conference to be held this month in Paris...
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Astronomical Events Greet First Days of the Year
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 2, 2009
Subjects: Eclipses, Eclipses (Astronomy), Meteorites
...Events Greet First Days of the Year. Astronomy enthusiasts may look forward to major...early 19th-century star atlases between Draco, Hercules, and Bootes. It was removed...Following the Quadrantid meteor shower, astronomy enthusiasts may mark Wednesday, Jan...
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Stars Aremade Upof Energy,gas, Dust
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 2, 2011
Subjects: Astronomy, Clouds, Clouds (Meteorology)
...the history of the universe," said Geza Gyuk, director of astronomy at the Adler Planetarium. "Those stars may have been very...names are probably familiar to you Andromeda, Ursa Major and Draco. Within these constellations are asterisms collections of...
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Most Planets Visible This November
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 2, 2010
Subjects: Astronomy, Planets
...during the nights of November, the splendid W formation of stars known as the constellation of Cassiopeia, constellations of Draco, Dragon, Ursa Minor, Little Bear, including the constellations of Perseus and Camelopardalis will lie at the northern horizon...
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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
...through the constellations of Cepheus, Camelopardalis and Draco early in the month. However, recent attempts to spot it have...Astronomical Society, check out our website on: www.birmingham-astronomy.co.uk Birmingham Astronomical Society goes SkyWatching...
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Draco , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DRACO , in astronomy Lat.,=the dragon, northern constellation...is traditionally depicted as a dragon. Draco contains the bright star Eltanin (Gamma...equinoxes , the polestar is now Polaris . Draco reaches its highest point in the evening...
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Constellation , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CONSTELLATION , in astronomy in common usage, group of stars that appear to form a configuration...Hercules, Orion), animals (e.g., Leo the Lion, Cygnus the Swan, Draco the Dragon), or objects (e.g., Libra the Balance, Corona the...


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