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    Acrux is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux. It has the Bayer designation α Crucis, which is Latinised to Alpha Crucis and abbreviated...
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  • Ymboirana (redirect from Ymboirana acrux)
    Wilkinson, do Couto Ribeiro, Carvalho & Zaher, 2024 Species: †Y. acrux Binomial name †Ymboirana acrux Santos, Wilkinson, do Couto Ribeiro, Carvalho & Zaher, 2024...
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    to the naked eye as a dark patch obscuring part of the Milky Way east of Acrux (Alpha Crucis) in the constellation of Crux. Historically any other dark...
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  • Upsilon Acrux is an American progressive rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1998. Upsilon Acrux first appeared on record on a 1998 compilation entitled...
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  • is a sort of abbreviation for αCrucis, is philologically horrible. [...] Acrux, an Americanism for αCrucis [...] Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963) [1899]...
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    significance in many Southern Hemisphere states and nations. Blue-white α Crucis (Acrux) is the most southerly member of the constellation and, at magnitude 0.8...
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    since the invention of the telescope. Early examples include Mizar and Acrux. Mizar, in the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), was observed to be double by Giovanni...
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    moderately strong hydrogen lines. Examples include Regulus, Algol A and Acrux. This class of stars was introduced with the Harvard sequence of stellar...
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  • double-star systems, Gamma Arietis, in 1664, while the bright southern star Acrux, in the Southern Cross, was discovered to be double by Fontenay in 1685...
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    the second-brightest object in the southern constellation of Crux (after Acrux), and the 20th-brightest star in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation...
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    the south celestial pole and about 15 degrees south of Acrux, along the axis formed by Acrux and Gamma Crucis. Alpha Chamaeleontis is a white-hued star...
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    and a Wolf–Rayet star, of the Regor or Gamma Velorum system. Mimosa and Acrux, two bright star systems in the southern constellation of Crux, each contain...
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    massive blue stars like the members of the Acrux system, which have similar initial masses (both Antares and Acrux are members of the wider Scorpius–Centaurus...
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    Southern 12 0.76 Altair α Aql 0017 A7 V Northern 13 0.76 (1.33 + 1.73) Acrux α Cru 0320 B0.5 IV, B1 V Southern 14 0.86 (0.75–0.95var) Aldebaran α Tau...
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    Gamma Hydrae Hydra, the Water Serpent 3 1962 1968 São Paulo Alpha Crucis (Acrux or Estrela de Magalhães) Crux, the Southern Cross 1 1889 1889 Rio de Janeiro...
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    Bibcode:2014ApJ...789...29F, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/789/1/29, 29. See Table 4, p. 10. "Acrux (Alpha Crucis)". illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20. Neuhäuser, Ralph; Torres...
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  • constellation Crux. (Used modern western astronomy and uranography only) Acrux: < coined from (en) the Alpha of Crux, the former English form of it Bayer...
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  • Hadar (Agena) 12 0.77 α Aql Altair 0017 A7 V Altair 13 0.77 α Cru Acrux 0320 B1 V Acrux A 14 0.85 var α Tau Aldebaran 0065 K5 III Aldebaran 15 1.04 α Vir...
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    people of Botswana traditionally see the constellation Crux as two giraffes—Acrux and Mimosa forming a male, and Gacrux and Delta Crucis forming the female...
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    Cruc Crucis /ˈkruːsɪs/ 1589, Plancius, split from Centaurus southern cross Acrux Cygnus /ˈsɪɡnəs/ Cyg Cygn Cygni /ˈsɪɡnaɪ/ ancient (Ptolemy) swan or Northern...
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    Centaurus–Crux subgroup Alpha Muscae 97 B2IV Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup Acrux 99 B1V+B0.5IV Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup Zeta Ophiuchi 112 O9.2IVnn Upper...
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    was only the third binary star to be discovered, preceded by Mizar AB and Acrux. The large proper motion of Alpha Centauri AB was discovered by Manuel John...
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    north end of the cross. Using Gacrux, a navigator can draw a line with Acrux at the south end to effectively determine south. The Beta Centauri system...
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  • follows the stars from nearest to furthest distance to the Earth: Imai, Acrux, Mimosa, Ginan, and Gacrux. They agree to Fushiguro and Itadori's request...
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    Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21. "Acrux". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21...
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    first-magnitude stars. The Southern Cross including the first-magnitude stars Acrux and Mimosa, west of the Carina Nebula (one of five first-magnitude deep-sky...
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  • Telmatobius. Ymboirana Gen. et sp. nov Valid Santos et al. Oligocene Tremembé Formation  Brazil A typhlonectid caecilian. The type species is Y. acrux....
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    the State of Bahia. The position of the line passing through Gacrux and Acrux marks the local meridian of the sky observed from Rio de Janeiro, at 8:30...
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    and these never rise above the horizon. For example, the southern star Acrux is invisible from most of the contiguous United States, likewise, the seven...
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  • (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English) Enricobassi.it (featuring the original credits) http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/letzte.htm...
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