MIMOSA, in Astronomy

or Beta Crucisbāˈtə krooˈsĭs, bright star in the constellation Crux (Southern Cross); 1992 position R.A. 12h47.3m, Dec. −59°39′. It is sometimes called Becrux, from its Bayer name, analogous to Acrux (Alpha Crucis) and Gacrux (Gamma Crucis). A bluish-white giant of spectral class B0 III, its apparent magnitude of 1.28 makes it one of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Mimosa's distance is c.500 light-years.

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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...stars . See also 53 PERSEI STAR . Beta Crucis The second-brightest star in the constellation Crux, also known as Becrux or Mimosa. It is a B0.5 giant 460 l.y. away and a variable of the Beta Cephei type, ranging between magnitudes 1.2 and 1.3...
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5,000 and 10,000 Year Star Catalogs
Book by Gerald S. Hawkins, Shoshana K. Rosenthal; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1967
Subjects: Astronomy--History
...Menkent Theta Cen 537 Alhena Gamma Gem 251 Merak Beta UMa 416 Alioth Epsilon UMa 483 Miaplacidus Beta Car 348 Almach Gamma And 73 Mimosa Beta Cru 481 Alnilam Epsilon Ori 210 Mira Omicron Cet 129825 * Alnitak Zeta Ori 132444 * Mirach Beta And 42 Alphard Alpha Hya...
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Fountain of Life: Being the Impressions and Comments of Havelock Ellis
Book by Havelock Ellis; Houghton Mifflin, 1930
Subjects: Fiction
...his real hero, 21 , 22 ; his supper of olives, 48 , 49 ; splendour of, 64 ; attitude toward astronomy, 151 -53; quoted, 197 ; home of, 201 Mimosa, 137 ; a spray of, 223 Minds, modern, 387 Miracles, 347 Mirrors, 123 , 124 Mist, 44 Mob...
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A Herman Melville Encyclopedia
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Melville, Herman--1819-1891--Encyclopedias
...and Saturn, and became Americas first female professor of astronomy Vassar, 1865-1888 . She was evidently loved by a Boston...island off the French coast. Bibliography: Will Stephenson and Mimosa Stephenson, "Melvilles WHITEU- JACKET", Explicator 51...
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It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist: Great Amateurs of Science
Book by John Malone; Wiley, 2002
Subjects: Scientists--Biography
...exceptionally eager student of numerous fields, including mechanics, astronomy, physics, civil engineering (mensuration, strength of materials...shrubs from Africa and China, including the Egyptian Acacias (Mimosa nilotica). While his inter- est in botany was at this stage...
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journal articles on: Mimosa in Astronomy  - 4 results

 
 
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Emerson's Self-Reliance
Journal article by Will Stephenson, Mimosa Stephenson; The Explicator, Vol. 53, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...random to have an appreciable parallax" (789). Elements in astronomy are "the data necessary to determine the orbit of a heavenly...WILL STEPHENSON, Texas State Technical College Harlingen MIMOSA STEPHENSON, University of Texas at Brownsville WORKS CITED...
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The Relevance of the Dread of Being Aborted to Models of Therapy and Models of the Mind, Part I: Case Examples
Journal article by John C. Sonne Md; Pre- and Peri-natal Psychology Journal, Vol. 9, 1995
...terse note announcing, "The mimosa plant is dead!" He wanted...let their jointly cared for mimosa plant die. If Betty wasnt...to care for Betty or their mimosa plant. He likened the mimosa...having a great interest in astronomy, yet he was afraid to look...
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"More Subtle Than the Electric Aura": Georgian Medical Electricity, the Spirit of Animation and the Development of Erasmus Darwin's Psychophysiology
Journal article by Paul Elliott; Medical History, Vol. 52, 2008
Subjects: Erasmus Darwin
...subjects from steam engines to geology and astronomy. The Zoonomia (1794 and 17%) utilized...the motions of the Venus fly-trap and Mimosa pudica, or sensitive plant, demonstrated...Furthermore, the sensitivity of the mimosa showed that "there must be a common sensorium...
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The Sky
Journal article by Ray Forma; Teaching Science, Vol. 54, 2008
Subjects: Astrographic catalog and chart, Astronomical bodies--Study and teaching, Astronomical charts
...help you with the timing of successful astronomy evenings for students. The best time for an astronomy evening is usually six days after New Moon...Beta Crucis, also known a Becrux or Mimosa, has a magnitude of 1.3. At just over...


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magazine articles on: Mimosa in Astronomy  - 2 results

 
 
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Virtual Light
Magazine article by John Leonard; The Nation, Vol. 257, November 15, 1993
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...from cadavers (virtual surgery) to solar systems (virtual astronomy), VR is still at a clumsy holographic stage, with here and...Hiding out in yet another postapocalyptic Sprawl, called the Mimosa, are the usual band of hackers, calling themselves "synners...
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Hot Competition: Students Display Winning Projects
Magazine article by E. Sohn; Science News, Vol. 171, May 26, 2007
Subjects: Science experiments (Education)--Competitions, Science experiments--Competitions
...Scientists in Valencia, Spain, this September. They studied how mimosa leaves fold. For their research on microlithography, Jacob...electrical and mechanical engineering; He for physics and astronomy; Yihe Dong, 16, of Cedar Shoals High School in Athens...


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Pointing to Success; House Buyers Should Check out the Position of Their New Garden First, If They Want Successful Planting, Says Pattie Barron
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 28, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy
...sounds inhospitable, but you can grow so much even with only a few hours of sunlight daily: my friend Jan grows figs, grapes, mimosa, you name it, in her due-eastfacing plot. A west-facing garden starts out chilly, but warms up by midday and gives you...


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encyclopedia articles on: Mimosa in Astronomy  - 2 results

 
 
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Mimosa , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MIMOSA , in astronomy or Beta Crucis ba t kroo sis, bright star in the constellation Crux...magnitude of 1.28 makes it one of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Mimosas distance is c.500 light-years...
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Beta Crucis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BETA CRUCIS ba t kroo sis: see Mimosa , in astronomy. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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