SHAULA

bright star in the constellation Scorpius; Bayer designation Lambda Scorpii; 1992 position R.A. 17h33.7m, Dec. −37°06′. A bluish-white star of spectral class B1 V, its apparent magnitude of 1.62 makes it one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky. Shaula is a spectroscopic binary star. Its distance from the earth is about 300 light-years. Its name is from the Arabic, meaning "raised part of the scorpion's tail."

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books on: Shaula  - 11 results

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Night Has a Thousand Eyes: A Naked-Eye Guide to the Sky, Its Science, Its Lore
Book by Arthur Upgren; Perseus, 2000
Subjects: Astronomy--Observers' Manuals, Astronomy--Popular Works
...The stinger at the end of the tail is Shaula, which, at magnitude 1.6, just misses...cats eyes. The tail hooks around under Shaula very low in the sky and can only be seen...countryside from southern England at least, but Shaula in the tail is never visible there. A...
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The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine
Book by Serhii Plokhy; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Cossacks--Ukraine--History, Ukraine--Church History
...and another under the leadership of Hryhorii Loboda and Matvii Shaula, in which pride of place went to the old Cossacks of the lower...demand that the leaders of the uprising, including Nalyvaiko and Shaula, be handed over. Nalyvaikos men attempted to defend their...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...from the direction of shock, causing shatter cones, which are later revealed when the shocked layers are exposed by erosion. Shaula The star Lambda Scorpii, magnitude 1.6, a B1.5 subgiant 330 l.y. away. It is a variable * Beta Cephei star, varying...
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Caught in the Middle East: U.S. Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1961
Book by Peter L. Hahn; University of North Carolina Press, 2004
Subjects: Arab-Israeli Conflict--Diplomatic History, Arab-Israeli Conflict--Peace, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989
...several Hebrew teachers who taught me the lan- guage skills I needed to find the treasures hidden in the Israeli archives. Shaula Gurari, Professor Roger Kaplan, and Professor Reuben Ahroni offered expert instruction in a series of elementary, intermediate...
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Mapping Invisible Worlds
Book by Gavin D. Flood; Edinburgh University Press, 1993
Subjects: Biblical Cosmology--Congresses, Religion And Geography--Congresses
...about which Gladwin gives some information are the rising or eastern positions of Altair, Orions Belt, Corvus, Antares, Shaula, the Southern Cross at rising, and the Southern Cross at 45 . Running in these directions from Puluwat are the sea-life...
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The Sky
Journal article by Ray Forma; Teaching Science, Vol. 53, 2007
Subjects: Astrographic catalog and chart--Usage, Astronomical charts--Usage, Astronomy--Equipment and supplies, Sky--Observations
...or (theta) Theta Scorpii. In the sting lies (upsilon) Upsilon Scorpii, with magnitude 2.7 at 518 light-years, and Shaula, or (lambda) Lambda Scorpii, magnitude 1.6 and 703 light-years distant. The whole of the southern half of Scorpius...


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Managing Converged Networks
Magazine article by Eric Krapf; Business Communications Review, Vol. 33, March 2003
Subjects: Internet--Forecasts and trends, Private branch exchanges--Forecasts and trends, Telephone management systems--Forecasts and trends
...enough information for that." Meanwhile, others argue that this level of granularity creates too much information. Dr. Shaula Alexander-Yemini, founder and president of SMARTS, which produces a manager of managers called InCharge, focuses (not...


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RTE Wont Admit It Just Yet. but Sonya Is Set to Go off the Rails
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 18, 2008
...which is bizarre! *BALLSBRIDGE beauty Shaula Connaughton-Deeny never had to resort...are better known as a medical family, Shaula clearly follows in her uncles footsteps...while at Trinity and by all accounts, Shaula has found a soul-mate during her own...
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List of New Pharmacists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 10, 2004
...MACALALAD SAGARIO, MARY GRACE BICERA SALANAP, NORINA CHRISMA CATAN SALAPUDDIN, NADZRA TAHA SALDANA, RIO RAMIREZ SALDUA, SHAULA LIM SALLIM, RAWDA LUY SALUBRE, JANICE TALATAGOD SALUT, ARLYN DIZON SALVADOR, EDSON JEROME MARIANO SALVADOR, JOEVALYN GALAPON...
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List of New Pharmacists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 15, 2004
...MACALALAD SAGARIO, MARY GRACE BICERA SALANAP, NORINA CHRISMA CATAN SALAPUDDIN, NADZRA TAHA SALDANA, RIO RAMIREZ SALDUA, SHAULA LIM SALLIM, RAWDA LUY SALUBRE, JANICE TALATAGOD SALUT, ARLYN DIZON SALVADOR, EDSON JEROME MARIANO SALVADOR, JOEVALYN GALAPON...
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List of New Pharmacists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2004
...MACALALAD SAGARIO, MARY GRACE BICERA SALANAP, NORINA CHRISMA CATAN SALAPUDDIN, NADZRA TAHA SALDANA, RIO RAMIREZ SALDUA, SHAULA LIM SALLIM, RAWDA LUY SALUBRE, JANICE TALATAGOD SALUT, ARLYN DIZON SALVADOR, EDSON JEROME MARIANO SALVADOR, JOEVALYN GALAPON...
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INTERNATIONAL: Convicted Double-Murderer's Clemency Call Is Rejected
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 7, 2008
Subjects: Crist, Charlie, Murder
...the family of murder victims, Derrick and Duane Moo-Young, pleaded tearfully with the panel to deny Maharajs request. Shaula-Ann Nagel, Derrick Moo Youngs oldest daughter, said: "The emotional turmoil and fear we have would only worsen should...
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encyclopedia articles on: Shaula  - 2 results

 
 
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Shaula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHAULA bright star in the constellation Scorpius ; Bayer designation Lambda Scorpii...apparent magnitude of 1.62 makes it one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky. Shaula is a spectroscopic binary star . Its distance from the earth is about 300...
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Scorpius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Libra; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Scorpius contains the bright stars Antares (Alpha Scorpii) and Shaula (Lambda Scorpii); a recurrent nova that flared up in 1863, 1906, and 1936; and Scorpius XR-1, the strongest X-ray...


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