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  Corvus (constellation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corvus (Latin for Raven/Crow) is a small southern constellation with only 11 stars visible to the naked eye (brighter than magnitude 5.5).
The Ringtail peculiar galaxy consists of the possibly colliding NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, and appears to have a heart shape as seen from Terra.
The center of Corvus is home to a Planetary nebula NGC 4361.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corvus_(constellation)   (322 words)

  
 Corvus (constellation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus (Latin - the crow, or raven) is a small southern constellation with only 11 stars visible to the naked eye (brighter than magnitude 5.5).
Common Raven (Corvus corax) General biology, habitat use, ecology, and the story of extinction and recolonization in and around Hesse, Germany.
Common Raven (Corvus corax) Scientific classification, food habits, reproduction, and habits of this bird.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Corvus_(constellation).html   (389 words)

  
 Corvus a May constellation
Corvus, the Crow, is a small constellation of ancient origin, to which Ptolemy assigned seven stars.
In legend, Corvus is associated with the neighbouring constellation of Crater, the Cup, and Hydra, the Water Snake.
Chart showing Corvus as seen high in the sky to the south fairly early evening in May.   Details of some of the objects shown are given below the chart.
www.faster.co.nz /~rasnz/Stars/Corvus.htm   (540 words)

  
 Corvus (band)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus is the name of an alternative rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Corvus has plans to release their first CD either in 2004 or 2005.
Corvus members include Brock (born January 8, 1983), and who is their lead singer, Andre (born March 7, 1983), and Loren (born February 6, 1982).
en.mcfly.org /Corvus+%28band%29   (119 words)

  
 CORVUS (WAFFE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ein corvus (was im lateinischen Rabe, aber auch Mauerhaken bedeutet) war ein militärisches Gerät der Römer, eine Enterbrücke, die in der Seekriegsführung im Ersten Punischen Krieg gegen Karthago zum Einsatz kam.
aufgrund der durch den corvus erzeugten Instabilität ganze Flotten bei Schlechtwetter.
Der corvus wird nach der Schlacht am Kap Ecnomus in den Quellen nicht mehr erwähnt, und offensichtlich wurde die Schlacht bei den Ägatischen Inseln, die den Ersten Punischen Krieg entschied, bereits ohne ihn gewonnen.
www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/C/Corvus_(Waffe)   (398 words)

  
 Corvus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus is a small, faint, and very old constellation.
Corvus, the Crow, was called the Raven by ancient Greeks.
There are no Messier objects in Corvus, but there is one deep sky object of some interest: the curiously shaped Ringtale Galaxy.
www.dibonsmith.com /crv_con.htm   (377 words)

  
 Corvus Corax - Wikipedia
Corvus Corax (siehe Kolkrabe) sind eine der bekanntesten Mittelalter-Bands Deutschlands.
Corvus Corax erzählen Märchen aus alter Zeit, 1994
Cantus Buranus - Die Neuvertonung von Liedtexten aus der mittelalterlichen Handschrift "Carmina Burana" durch Corvus Corax
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corvus_Corax   (141 words)

  
 Corvids of the Genus Corvus
Rooks, Corvus frugilegus, have a distribution that stretches from the UK to Japan, but are absent from truly tropical climes as well as from the colder north.
The Cuban Crow, Corvus nasicies, the White-necked Crow, Corvus leucocephalus, occur in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
The Dwarf Raven, a sub-species of the Brown-necked Raven, Corvus ruficallis, is a loose colonial nester in trees.
www.earthlife.net /birds/crows.html   (2911 words)

  
 USS Corvus AKA-26
Corvus (AKA-26) was launched 24 September 1944 by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, R.I., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
Corvus returned to the west coast for overhaul, and loaded Army men and supplies at Seattle sailing 16 June for Tinian, where she arrived 3 July.
Corvus sailed from Tinian 7 July 1946 carrying cargo for Guadalcanal, the Russells, Samar, and Manus, and reported to Manila 30 August.
www.multied.com /navy/AKA/Corvus.html   (266 words)

  
 Corvus (AKA-26)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus (AKA-26) was launched 24 September 1944 by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Providenee, R.I., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
Corvus sailed from Tinian 7 July 1945 carrying cargo for Guadalcanal, the Russells, Samar, and Manus, and reported to Manila 30 August.
Between 26 December and 10 February, she made a similar voyage from the west coast to Guam, then sailed 16 February for Mobile, Ala., and Orange, Tex. Corvus was decommissioned 23 March 1946, and transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 October 1946 for disposal.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/aka26.htm   (266 words)

  
 DATAMATH
Corvus, the consumer division of the famous IC manufacturer MOSTEK, introduced with the Model 415 a basic four-function calculator with full memory, 1/x, and percent keys.
Main difference to the Corvus 310 and Corvus 320 is the added 6th row of keys we know already from the Corvus 411.
Other calculators sold under the Corvus brand are the 500 and 615 models.
www.datamath.org /Related/Corvus/Corvus_415.htm   (133 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Spacewatch Friday: Avian Astronomy: Do Some Heavenly Nighttime 'Birding'
Corvus can also be used to positively identify the bluish first-magnitude star Spica, in Virgo.
Corvus is supposed to represent the unfaithful raven of the god Apollo.
In addition, Corvus was forever fixed in the sky along with the Cup (Crater) and the Snake (Hydra), doomed to everlasting thirst by the guardianship of the Hydra over the Cup and its contents.
www.space.com /spacewatch/birds_030606.html   (815 words)

  
 Corvus Corax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus Corax's music is based on melodies, which were only occasionally written down, and worked on them.
Studying the lives of minstrels and living it up themselves, they reconstructed old instruments in their own workshop and the constantly growing fan-community and the press raised the band to the "Kings of Minstrels" in 1994.
A link between legends and the music of Corvus Corax was afforded when the band met with Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco, decendant of the legendary prince Vlad Tepes, who Bram Stoker based his story of Prince Dracula on.
www.deutschmusikland.com /bands/corvuscorax.html   (281 words)

  
 CORVUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Darüber hinaus ist Corvus ein römischer Cognomen (Beinamen).
Berühmtester Namensträger ist Marcus Valerius Corvus, der Konsul des Jahres 335 v.
Diese Seite dient der Unterscheidung gleich geschriebener Wörter, da „Corvus' mehrere Bedeutungen hat.
www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/C/Corvus   (136 words)

  
 The Corvus Group, Inc.
Corvus is led by Wayne T. Thornton and K.M. (Rick) Copeland.
Corvus is an industry leader in its unique approach to policies and procedures by providing manuals, and when required, management and marketing guidebooks specifically tailored to bring consistency and added value to each task.
Corvus directed a due diligence staff of over 180, which included both indexers and underwriters involved in the processing of over 81,000 loans.
www.corvus-group.com   (204 words)

  
 Corvus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Arriving in the Philippines 21 February 1945, Corvus discharged cargo at Guiuan for the establishment of an air base there, and transferred cargo at Dulag.
Corvus returned to the west coast for overhaul, and loaded Army men and supplies at Seattle sailing 15 June for Tinian, where she arrived 3 July.
Between 26 December and 10 February, she made a similar voyage from the west coast to Guam, then sailed 16 February for Mobile, Ala., and Orange, Tex. Corvus was decommissioned 29 March 1946, and transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 October 1946 for disposal.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c14/corvus.htm   (281 words)

  
 Corvus Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus has both the experience to tackle large projects and the efficiency to handle small ones.
Corvus focuses on offsite development, which reduces customer costs by enhancing the efficiency and teamwork of the Corvus engineers.
While Corvus staff travel to and work on site when appropriate and necessary, we are not a contract-employment agency or "body shop".
www.corvusdev.com /services.html   (156 words)

  
 Constellation of the Month: Hydra, Corvus & Crater; The Water Serpent, The Crow & The Cup.
Corvus set out immediately to complete this task, but along his way he noticed a fig tree, laden with juicy figs.
Corvus could not pass these lovely, juicy figs by and leave them for someone else to devour, so he decided to wait until they ripened.
Corvus quickly filled the Cup (Crater) and raced back to Apollo, offering a rather lame excuse that the Water Serpent (Hydra) had hindered his efforts to scoop up the water.
www.umich.edu /~lowbrows/guide/hydra.html   (1256 words)

  
 Corvus
Corvus the Crow is just right of center on this map.
Corvus is one of the lesser known constellations, but it is home to some interesting deep-sky objects.
The meridian is an imaginary line that runs from south to north, and when an object crosses the meridian, it is at its highest point in the sky.
www.angelfire.com /ky/astronomers/Corvus.html   (761 words)

  
 Home of Rock -Konzertbericht - Corvus Corax - Stuttgart, LKA, 17.12.2001
Kein Zweifel, CORVUS CORAX profitieren mittlerweile ungemein von den Liveerfahrungen, die sie mit ihrem "harte Gitarren und tekknoide Industrialbeats treffen auf mittelalterliche Melodieinstrumente"-Projekt TANZWUT gesammelt haben.
CORVUS CORAX verzichten vollkommen darauf, ihre Instrumente elektrisch zu verstärken, was über weite Strecken auch nicht negativ ins Gewicht fällt.
Wer jedoch erwartet, dass CORVUS CORAX sich bei der Songauswahl an den jüngsten Studioalben "Viator" und "Mille anni passi sunt" orientieren, der wird enttäuscht.
www.home-of-rock.de /Konzertberichte/Corvus_Corax/Stuttgart_17_12_2001.html   (576 words)

  
 The Story of Corvus the Crow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To explain the delay to Apollo, Corvus killed Hydra, a water serpent, and brought it in his claw, saying he had to fight Hydra to gain access to the water and that this was the cause of the delay.
To punish Corvus, the crow was placed in the sky right by the glass of cool water, but Hydra was placed there as well so that it might eternally prevent Corvus from getting a drink.
The ancient constellation Corvus and the modern constellation Columba (in the Winter Oval group), both in the Southern Celestial hemisphere, are the only two bird constellations not near the Exotic Birds group.
dph1701.tripod.com /physsci/const_groups/corvus_story.html   (208 words)

  
 Corvus, The Raven Brotherhood
Corvus is an Arthurian Celtic re-creation group patterned as the Personal guard of a Romano-British Chieftain during the decline of the Empire's influence in Britain.
An historical precedent for Corvus is the Legio Primani (First Legion), a British raised force in the Roman Army which distinguished itself at the Battle of Argentorium.
Corvus is part of the Calafian Iron Brigade in the Kingdom of Caid.
www.corvuswarband.com   (483 words)

  
 DATAMATH
Corvus, the consumer division of the famous IC manufacturer MOSTEK, introduced with the Model 411 a basic four-function calculator with full memory, PI, 1/x, and sqr(x) keys.
Main difference to the Corvus 310 and Corvus 320 is the added 6th row of keys we know already from the Corvus 415.
The printed circuit board (PCB) of the Corvus 411 makes use of the MK50310N single-chip calculator circuit.
www.datamath.org /Related/Corvus/Corvus_411.htm   (121 words)

  
 Corvus
In the same year, a parallel project for the Corvus anti-radar missile was redefined to cover the Raven requirements, and therefore Raven was terminated and the ASM-N-8 designation transferred to Corvus.
The Corvus was primarily designed as an anti-radar missile (ARM), and as such had a passive radar seeker in the nose to home on the emission of shore- and ship-based enemy radars.
Corvus was to be armed with a light-weight W-40 nuclear warhead (10 kT yield).
www.astronautix.com /lvs/corvus.htm   (435 words)

  
 Corvus Omninet
In the corvus case, there were only a few possible sockets and the socket number corresponded to the address in shared memory where the data sent/received was buffered.
Corvus had originally sold external disk drives with their own proprietary interface and adapter cards allowing these drives to be connected to various different computers.
Many years ago, I dissassembled the firmware on the corvus cards and wrote some documentation on how to program them and wrote some utility programs in C to do some stuff the corvus software didn't do.
www.freelabs.com /~whitis/corvus   (3243 words)

  
 Corvus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The corvus was an unusual naval weapon used by the Romans during the First Punic War to help make up for the Carthaginian prowess at sea.
The idea was the ship with the corvus moved close to the enemy, and then released it.
The corvus was first used at the battle of Mylea, where it helped bring about the first major Roman naval victory of the war.
www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/weapons_corvus.html   (165 words)

  
 HOUSE CORVUS - Household Projects
This is a listing of on-going House Corvus projects and what their current status is. It does not include the incredibly wide variety of individual projects which every member of House Corvus is pursuing on their own behalf or to benefit their SCA branches.
House Corvus members will be teaming up with Save Our Cemeteries in New Orleans Parish to help preserve some of the city's most spectacular sites.
All members of House Corvus are entitled to wear the belt so long as they are members of the Household.
members.aol.com /corvus1/projects.htm   (478 words)

  
 Corvus, The Lone Hunter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus wandered the unknown lands for years, relying on what little knowledge he had gained from his short childhood.
The next morning, Corvus returned with a gazelle he took down to the spot Kunguru was sleeping....
Corvus wandered for a year after his mate's death, coming upon the Pride Lands.
www.lionking.org /~corvus/corvus.html   (310 words)

  
 Corvus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Corvus is the genus name of large Passerine birds including the raven and crow species.
Corvus (Latin - the crow, or raven) is a small southern constellation.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
www.theezine.net /c/corvus.html   (89 words)

  
 CORVUS CORAX Konzertkarten online bestellen. CORVUS CORAX Entrittskarten und Tickets bestellen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sie gelten als die Wegbereiter der modernen Mittelalter(rock)Musik und ihr maßgeblicher Einfluss wird von niemand in Zweifel gezogen.
Corvus Corax prägten und inspirierten schon früh so unterschiedliche Bands wie Feeling B, The Inchtabokatables und der Erfolg von In Extremo, Subway To Sally und Schandmaul (um nur ein paar zu nennen) wäre ohne die Vorarbeit von Corvus Corax sicher nicht denkbar.
Die 5 Dudelsackspieler und 3 Percussionisten von Corvus Corax haben einen eigenen unverwechselbaren Sound kreiert, der die eingängigen mittelalterlichen Melodien mit hypnotischen, extrem tanzbaren Grooves verbindet und regelmäßig das Publikum zum Toben bringt...
www.online-tickets-bestellen.de /konzertkarten/CORVUS_CORAXkonzertkarten.htm   (186 words)

  
 Corvus Capital abandons plan to bid for Royal and Sun
Corvus Capital -- an investment takeover vehicle -- abandoned plans to bid for Royal and Sun Alliance (RSA) after the British insurer's board showed an unwillingness to cooperate.
The announcement came only four days after Corvus, which is 28-percent owned by financier Andrew Regan, had said that it was considering a cash offer.
The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=47766   (328 words)

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