Vela (constellation) - Vela (constellation) Vela (the sails) is a southern constellation, one of the three parts into which Argo Navis was split. It contains the stars Delta Velorum and Kappa Velorum which together with Iota Carinae and Epsilon Carinae form the asterism known as the "false cross", which is sometimes mistaken for the Southern Cross. Also of interest within the constellation is the Vela Supernova Remnant. This is the nebula of a supernova explosion which is believed to have been visible from the Earth around 10000 years ago. The remant contains a pulsar which was the first pulsar to be identified optically apart from that in the Crab Nebula..
Indus (constellation) - Indus (constellation) Indus (Abbrevaition Ind, genitive Indi), the Indian, is a southern constellation introduced by Johann Bayer. It is supposed to represent an American Indian. Epsilon Indi is one of the closest stars, approximately 11.82 light years away..
Hercules (constellation) - Hercules (constellation) Named after the Roman version of the Greek mythological hero Heracles, Hercules is the fifth largest of the 88 modern constellations. It was also one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations. It has no first magnitude stars, but contains two of the most conspicuous globular clusters: M13, the brightest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere, and M92..
Hydra (constellation) - Hydra (constellation) Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. It should not be confused with Hydrus. Despite its size, Hydra contains only one reasonably bright star (Alphard, α Hya). It also contains the radio source Hydra A..
Grus (constellation) - Grus (constellation) Grus (the crane) is a southern constellation. It first appears in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603, but was probably discovered earlier..
USS Constellation - USS Constellation Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Constellation, in honor, according to the US Congress, of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States. The first Constellation, 38, a frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel. The second Constellation was a sloop of war that served from 1855 to 1933, and as of 2003 is preserved as a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland. A battlecruiser Constellation (CC-2) was laid down in 1920 but cancelled in 1923. The third Constellation (CV-64) is a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier..
USS Constellation (CV-64) - USS Constellation (CV-64) ) Career Ordered: 1 July 1956 Laid down: 14 September 1957 Launched: 8 October 1960 Commissioned: 27 October 1961 Decommisstioned 7 August 2003 Fate: currently at the Inactive Ships Maintainence Facility in Bremerton, WA General Characteristics Displacement: 61,981 tons light, 82,538 tons full, 20,557 tons dead Length: 1073 feet overall, 990 feet waterline Beam: 282 feet extreme, 130 feet waterline Draft: 39 feet Propulsion: eight boilers, four steam turbine engines, totalling 280,000 shp Speed: 30+ Complement: Ship's Company: 3,150 - Air Wing: 2,480 Armament: Sea Sparrow missile launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS guns, about 75 aircraft USS Constellation (CV-64), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars".
Draco (constellation) - Draco (constellation) Draco (the dragon) is a northern constellation. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. The star Thuban (α Draconis, though not the brightest) was once the northern pole star. One of the deep-sky objects in Draco is Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543). Another one is the lenticular galaxy NGC 5866, sometimes considered as Messier object M102. Neighbouring constellations: Boötes - Hercules - Lyra - Cygnus - Cepheus - Ursa Minor - Camelopardalis - Ursa Major.
USS Constellation (1797) - USS Constellation (1797) The first USS Constellation, 38, a frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel. On 27 March 1794, a special act of Congress provided for building the US Navy its first new ships: the frigates USF Chesapeake, USF Congress, USF Constellation, USF Constitution, USF President, and USF United States. Constellation was the first to be commissioned. Constellation was built at Harris Creek Shipyard in Baltimore's Fells Point and launched on 7 September 1797, just as the United States entered the Quasi-War with France. On 9 February 1799, under the command of Captain Thomas Truxtun, Constellation fought.
USS Constellation (1854) - USS Constellation (1854) The second USS Constellation of the United States Navy was a sloop of war. Her keel was laid on 25 June 1853, in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, at the same time as the 1797 frigate Constellation was being broken up. There is some controversy over whether or not the sloop was a new ship, or a rebuilt version of the frigate. The position that they were the same ship relies on three main points: Some of the funds used to build the sloop were originally allocated to rebuild the frigate Some timbers from the broken-up frigate were used in the construction of the sloop the frigate was never formally stricken from the Naval Vessel Register -- a wooden, sailing man-of-war called Constellation.
Delphinus (constellation) - Delphinus (constellation) Delphinus Abbreviation Del Genitive Delphini Meaning in English Dolphin Right ascension 20 h 42 m Declination 13° 48' Visible to latitude Between 90° and -70° Best visible September Area - Total Ranked 69th 189 sq. deg. Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 0 Brightest star - Apparent magnitude Rotanev (β Del) 3.63 Meteor showers none Bordering constellations Vulpecula Sagitta Aquila Aquarius Equuleus Pegasus Delphinus, the Dolphin, is a rather small (ranked 69th) northern constellation very close to the celestial equator. It was already included in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations and also forms part of the modern list of 88 constellations approved by the IAU. It looks remarkably like a leaping Dolphin and thus can easily be recognized in the sky. Delphinus is.
USS Constellation (CC-2) - USS Constellation (CC-2) The keel of a Lexington-class battle cruiser, to have been named USS Constellation (CC-2), was laid at Newport News, Virginia, in August 1920, but the class was cancelled in 1923 by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. General Characteristics (1919 design) Displacement: 43,500 tons Length: 874 feet Beam: 105.5 feet Draft: 31 feet Primary Armament: eight 16-inch/50 guns in four twin turrets Secondary Armament: 16 six-inch/53 guns in single mounts (eight per side), four three-inch guns, eight 21-inch torpedo Machinery, 180,000 shp General Electric geared turbines with electric drive, 4 screws Speed, 35 Knots Complement 1500 officers and men.
Andromeda (constellation) - Andromeda (constellation) Andromeda Abbreviation And Genitive Andromedae Meaning in English the princess Andromeda Right ascension 1 h Declination 40° Visible to latitude Between 90° and -40° Best visible November Area - Total Ranked 19th 722 sq. deg. Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 3 Brightest star - Apparent magnitude Alpheratz (α And) 2.1 Meteor showers Andromedids (Bielids) Bordering constellations Perseus Cassiopeia Lacerta Pegasus Pisces Triangulum Andromeda is a constellation representing the princess Andromeda, in the northern sky near Pegasus. The constellation takes the general shape of a long, dim, straggly letter "A". It is most notable for containing the Andromeda Galaxy. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Notable features 2 Notable deep sky objects 3 Mythology Notable features The brightest star in Andromeda, α Andromedae, called.
Aquila (constellation) - Aquila (constellation) Aquila Abbreviation Aql Genitive Aquilae Meaning in English the Eagle Right ascension 20 h Declination +5° Visible to latitude Between +85° and - 75° On meridian July Area - Total Ranked 22nd 652 sq. deg. Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 3 Brightest star - Apparent magnitude Altair (α Aquilae) 0.77 Meteor showers June Aquilids Epsilon Aquilids Bordering constellations Sagitta Hercules Ophiuchus Serpens Scutum Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Delphinus Aquila is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy and is now also part of the list of 88 constellations acknowledged by the IAU. It lies roughly at the celestial equator. The alpha star, Altair, is a vertex of the so-called "Summer Triangle". Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Notable features 2 Notable deep-sky objects 3.
Auriga (constellation) - Auriga (constellation) Auriga Abbreviation Aur Genitive Aurigae Meaning in English the Charioteer Right ascension 6 h Declination 40° Visible to latitude Between 90° and -40° On meridian 9 p.m., May 20 Area - Total Ranked 38th 465 sq. deg. Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 4 Brightest star - Apparent magnitude Capella 0.08 Meteor showers α Aurigids δ Aurigids Bordering constellations Camelopardalis Perseus Taurus Gemini Lynx Auriga (the charioteer) is a northern constellation. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and counts as one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest star is Capella, which is associated with the mythological she-goat Amalthea. The three stars Epsilon, Zeta and Eta Aurigae are called the "Kids". Notable features Two peculiar binary stars, ε Aurigae.
Karl Guthe Jansky - investigating the third type of static. It rose and fell once a day, leading Jansky to think at first that he was seeing radiation from the Sun. But after a few months of following the signal, the brightest point moved away from the position of the Sun. The signal repeated not every 24 hours, but every 23 hours and 56 minutes. This is characteristic of the fixed stars, and other objects far from our solar system (sidereal day). He eventually figured out that the radiation was coming from the Milky Way and was strongest in the direction of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation of Sagittarius. The discovery was widely publicized, appearing in the New York Times of May 5, 1933. Jansky wanted to follow up on.
Vega - see Vega, Norway. Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is the lead star in the constellation Lyra, reaching near directly overhead the mid-northern latitudes, during the summer. It's a "nearby star" at only 25 light years distant and together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the brightest stars in the Sun's neighbourhood. Vega is a vertex of the Summer Triangle. Its spectral class is A0V (Sirius, an A1V, is slightly less powerful) and it's firmly in the main sequence, fusing hydrogen to helium in its core. Since more powerful stars use their fusion fuel more quickly than smaller ones, Vega's life time is only one billion years, a tenth of our Sun's. Vega is two and a half times more massive than our Sun and burns at fifty times the power. Vega has a.
Vernal equinox - varying slightly each year according to the 400 year cycle of leap years in the Gregorian Calendar. At the present time, the vernal equinox occurs as the sun moves through the constellation Pisces. 2000 years ago the equinox was in Aries and by 2600 it will be in Aquarius. In the southern hemisphere, the equinox occurs at the same moment, but at the beginning of autumn. There are two conventions for dealing with this: either the name of the equinox can be changed to the autumnal equinox, or (apparently more commonly) the name is unchanged and it is accepted that it is out of sync with the season. The alternative terms March equinox or northward equinox avoid any such ambiguity. At the equinox, the sun rises directly in the east and.
Vela - Vela Vela is a constellation. Vela satellites were a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Jade Emperor - Emperor heard of this matter, he was furious but unable to intercede, as in the meantime his daughter had fallen in love and married the cowherd. However, as time passed, she grew homesick and began to miss her father. One day, she came across a box in which she found the magic robe which her husband had hidden. She decided to visit her father back in Heaven, but once she returned, the Jade Emperor summoned a river to flow across the sky (the Milky Way), which Zhi'nü was unable to cross to return to her husband. However, the Emperor took pity on the young lovers, and so once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, he allows them to meet on a bridge over.
