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	Corona - LoveToKnow 1911
		The most interesting members are: a Coronae, a binary consisting of a yellow star of the 6th magnitude, and a bluish star of the 7th magnitude; R Coronae, an irregular variable star; and T Coronae or Nova Coronae, a temporary or new star, first observed in 1866.
		Corona Australis, also known as Corona meridionalis, or the Southern Crown, is a constellation of the Southern hemisphere, mentioned by Eudoxus and Aratus.
		In architecture, the term "corona" is used of that part of a cornice which projects over the bed mould and constitutes the chief protection to the wall from rain; it is always throated, and its soffit rises towards the wall.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Corona (592 words)

	Auckland Astronomical Society
		Corona Australis is a small constellation 128 sq° in area, composed of a graceful arc of 4th and 5th magnitude stars, directly east of the "Tail" of Scorpius.
		Corona Australis is a poorer stellar version of its northern cousin Corona Borealis, the "Northern Crown".
		The Corona Australis molecular cloud that pervades this region is one of the nearest clouds of its type at an average distance of 130 parsecs (Marraco and Rydgren 1981), around 420 light years, though this figure is still uncertain.
	www.astronomy.org.nz /aas/Journal/CosmosMonthly/CoronaAustralis.asp (1444 words)

	Corona Australis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Corona Australis, also called the Southern Crown, constellation in the southern sky.
		The corona is the very hot layer of the solar atmosphere above the chromosphere.
		Corona (city, California), fast-growing residential city, Riverside County, southern California; platted 1886, incorporated 1896.
	encarta.msn.com /Corona+Australis.html (122 words)

	Corona Borealis; The Northern Crown - Facts, Mythology and Maps
		Corona Borealis, The Northern Crown, is located between Bootes and Hercules.
		With the exception of Alphecca (Gemma), it is a faint constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, and the counterpart to Corona Australis - The Southern Crown - in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Corona Borealis represents the crown worn by Ariadne, wife of Bacchus (Dionysus), which was placed in the sky to celebrate their marriage.
	www.r-clarke.org.uk /constellations/corona_borealis.htm (121 words)

	Corona Australis, mythology, history, characteristics and observation by telescope.
		Corona Australis, mythology, history, characteristics and observation by telescope.
		Corona Australis is a characteristic constellation of observable austral skies during the months of April to October in the South hemisphere and the north rather during the boreal summer.
		It is a small constellation practically integrated in Sagittarius, limiting the north and the west with her, the east with the constellation of Scorpius and the south with Telescopium.
	www.mallorcaweb.net /masm/CrA1.htm (547 words)

	R Coronae Australis
		R Coronae Australis lies in the north central edge (19:01:53.65-36:57:07.62, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Corona Australis (see David Malin's photo, also at Astronomy Picture of the Day), the Southern Crown -- northwest of Rukbat (Alpha Sagittarii) and southeast of Kaus Australis (Epsilon Sagittarii).
		The star is located in the Corona Australis molecular complex, one of the closest star-forming regions, which is conspicuously isolated from the crowded galactic plane.
		Such a farther distance estimate is in better agreement with the estimated parallaxes of other stars in the Coronae Australis complex (which may include the isolated nearby neutron and/or quark star RX J1856.5-3754), whose mean distance has been estimated to be around 420 ly -- 130 parsecs (Marraco and Rydgren, 1981).
	www.solstation.com /stars/r-coraus.htm (1151 words)

	Constellations: Corona Australis, The Southern Crown
		Sandwiched between Sagittarius and Ara, Corona Australis is a faint, but distinctive, constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, and is the counterpart to Corona Borealis, The Northern Crown, in the Northern Hemisphere.
		In 1932, the IAU officially named the constellation Corona Austrina, which was possibly a mix-up that never got put right, so it remains the constellation's official name to this day.
		One legend says Corona Australis represents represents the crown fallen from the head of the centaur Sagittarius, while another says it is the crown put in the sky by Bacchus (Dionysus) when he rescued his dead mother Semele from the Underworld.
	www.r-clarke.org.uk /constellations/corona_australis.htm (147 words)

	Corona Australis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Corona Australis is a small compact constellation nestled between Sagittarius and Scorpius, just east of Scorpion's stinger.
		Coronae Australis form a gorgeous fixed double, visible in most of North America (as far north as Vancouver and Winnipeg) but only part of Europe, generally south of Paris or Stuttgart, and not at all in the UK.
		There are no Messier objects in Corona Australis, however the constellation does have a globular cluster suitable for binoculars, as well as an interesting region of nebulosity that goes under a multiple name.
	www.dibonsmith.com /cra_con.htm (376 words)

	Corona Australis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Corona Australis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Corona Australis (Latin, “southern crown”), also called Corona Austrina, small southern constellation representing a crown or wreath, under the...
		Corona Borealis, small, bright northern constellation between the constellations Hercules and Boötes.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Corona_Australis.html (83 words)

	The Stellar Guide: Corona Australis
		Corona Australis was one of Ptolemy's original 48 constellations.
		The mythology concerning this constellation is somewhat of a mystery, but it is believed to refer to the god Bacchus who placed this constellation in the sky as a wreath honoring his mother Semele.
		In ancient times, this constellation was drawn as a bunch of arrows emanating from the hand of the Centaur.
	www.botproductions.com /stellar/corona_australis.html (86 words)

	Star Tales – Corona Australis
		Corona Australis was known to the Greeks not as a crown but as a wreath, which is how it is depicted on old star maps.
		Corona Australis, at the forefeet of Sagittarius, in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
		None of its stars is brighter than fourth magnitude and there seem to be no legends associated with it, unless this is the crown placed in the sky by Dionysus after retrieving his dead mother from the Underworld.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/coronaaustralis.htm (165 words)

	Sea and Sky's Pictures in the Sky: August Constellations
		Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, is visible from latitudes south of 44 degrees north from May through July.
		Corona Australis is a small, compact constellation located between Sagittarius and Scorpius, just east of scorpion's stinger.
		It is one of the 15 southern constellations named by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the mid-eighteenth century.
	www.seasky.org /pictures/sky7b08.html (791 words)

	SPACE.com -- Exploring Cosmic Crowns
		The brightest star of Corona Borealis, on the other hand, is 2nd-magnitude Alphecca, also known as Gemma, the "gem" or the "Pearl of the Crown" in the middle of the bow.
		Unfortunately, for most of the United States, Corona Australis is quite close to the horizon; from New York City it barely gets 10 degrees above the horizon, where horizon haze becomes significant.
		Corona Borealis is the gem-studded golden crown of Ariadne, who, in Greek legend, received it from Bacchus upon marrying him.
	www.space.com /spacewatch/050909_night_sky.html (954 words)

	CNS Research Support Group
		Nov 7: Forced a NMI on australis and aurora, again in an attempt to capture the state of the machine during the elusive "locking file" syndrome.
		Also on the 23rd scheduled maintenance on Corona: Corona had been issuing messages about a cache problem, and even though the machine was functional it was decided to preempt any crashes by replacing IP45 assembly in 001c12.
		Upgraded the L1 and L2 firmware to 1.14.1 from 1.12.X on Australis, Corona, Helios.
	www.ualberta.ca /CNS/RESEARCH/MACI/arch.stats.html (2973 words)

	Corona Australis, Telescopium and Ara, August Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, was included in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and assigned 13 stars.
		Corona Australis passes almost directly overhead as seen from New Zealand.
		Telescopium is to the south of Corona Australis, that is towards the pole, while Ara is to the west of Telescopium.
	www.faster.co.nz /~rasnz/Stars/Corona.htm (729 words)

	Corona Australis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corona Australis (IPA: /kəˈrəʊnə ˌɒsˈtrɑːlɪs/) or Corona Austrina (IPA: /ˌɒsˈtriːnə/, Latin: southern crown) was one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and also counts among the 88 modern constellations.
		The constellation was sometimes considered to be the crown of Sagittarius, which had fallen on the ground for some reason.
		In practice, the original name "Corona Australis" continues to be more widely used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corona_Australis (290 words)

	Astronomy Picture of the Day!
		Their characteristic blue color is produced as light from hot stars is reflected by the cosmic dust.
		The tiny but intriguing yellowish arc visible near the blue nebulae marks young variable star R Coronae Australis.
		While NGC 6723 appears to be just outside Corona Australis in the constellation Sagittarius, it actually lies nearly 30,000 light-years away, far beyond the Corona Australis dust cloud.
	www.blogs4me.com /Cavutto/27889/Astronomy_Picture_of_the_Day (155 words)

	Chandra :: Photo Album :: Constellation Corona Borealis
		The circle is incomplete because one of the maidens fell in love with a mortal warrior and returned to Earth to live with him.
		The original constellation associated with Ariadne's crown is probably the Corona Australis (southern crown).
		This fairly dim constellation was one of the original 48 identified by Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D. In modern usage, the story of Ariadne is associated with Corona Borealis.
	chandra.harvard.edu /photo/constellations/coronaborealis.html (533 words)

	Corona Borealis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corona Borealis (IPA: /kəˈrəʊnə ˌbɒriˈɑːlɪs/, Latin: northern crown) is a small northern constellation whose main stars form a semicircular arc.
		Corona Borealis was sometimes considered to represent a crown that was given by Dionysus to Ariadne, the daughter of Minos of Crete.
		(5/α CrB) 2.22 Alphecca [Alphacca, Alphekka] or Gemma or Gnosia [Gnosia Stella Coronae] or Asteroth [Ashtaroth]
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corona_Borealis (446 words)

	Constellation Corona Australis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As Corona Australis is located at the edge of the Milky Way it is still an interesting constellation for observations although it is so small.
		On 25th of September 1997 the Hubble Space Telescope sends a picture of a neutron star alone in space located in this constellation.
		Their legends said that Corona Australis is the crown of the neighboring centaur, Sagittarius.
	www.seds.org /Maps/Stars_en/Fig/coronaaustr.html (249 words)

	Corona Australis
		Corona Australis, the Southern Crown is a small constellation near Sagittarius.
		Delta Australi (19h 03m -37°08') is a binary system.
		The primary star has a magnitude of 5 and is a class F8 star.
	starryskies.com /The_sky/constellations/corona_australis.html (104 words)

	Peoria Astronomical Society - Learning Topics-Corona Australis (The Southern Crown)
		Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, is visible from latitudes south of 44 degrees North and completely invisible in latitudes above 53 degrees North from May through July.
		Corona Australis was part of Ptolemy's original 48 constellations.
		The mythology concerning this constellation is somewhat of a mystery, but it is believed to refer to the god Bacchus who placed this constellation in the sky as a wreath honoring his mother Semele, it also honors the five time victory of Corinna over Pindar in their poetical contest.
	www.astronomical.org /portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=26 (160 words)

	The CrA reflection nebula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Corona Australis (the southern crown, CrA) is in the far southern sky but visible from the southern states of the USA.
		The conspicuous globular cluster NGC 6723 is at the western (right) edge of the photograph, but it is in Sagittarius, and is about 30,000 light years distant.
		Our picture is about 4.5 degrees across and the extremely faint Corona Australis nebula meanders along the Sgr-CrA border nebula in the same E-W direction.
	www.aao.gov.au /images/captions/uks037.html (327 words)

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