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Acrux (Alpha Crucis) is the brightest star in constellation Crux.
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∙ 10y agoThe northern cross forms part of the constellation of Cygnus and the brightest star is Deneb, a very distant and bright star.
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What star is the brightest in northern hemisphere?
After the Sun, the brightest star is Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major. However, while Sirius is the brightest star visible from the Northern Hemisphere, it is part of a southern hemisphere constellation. Therefore, Arcturus, in Bootes, would be the brightest Northern Hemisphere star.
What is lyras brightest star?
Vega is the brightest star in constellation Lyra, and acctually is one of the bightest in the universe. It is also the second brightest in the northern hemisphere.
What is the northern cross?
an arrangement of stars in the shape of a cross formed by the five brightest stars in Cygnus (the swan)
What is the brightest star and what is its nickname?
brightest star:north star nickname:dog star
Which constellation contains some of the brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere?
After the sun the brightest star is Sirius in the constellation of Canis MajorIn addition to the star Sirius (brightest star in the night sky) in the Canis Major constellation. Another bright star in the night sky is Rigel (7th brightest star in the night sky) and it belongs to the Orion Constellation. The Orion constellation is the hunter. Next to Rigel are two other stars that make up Orion's belt. The other two stars are Bellatrix (27th brightest star in the night sky) and Betelgeuse (9th brightest star in the night sky). The Orion constellation stands out on the Northern Hemisphere between the months of January and March and during the summer months in the Southern Hemisphere.
What star is the brightest in northern hemisphere?
After the Sun, the brightest star is Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major. However, while Sirius is the brightest star visible from the Northern Hemisphere, it is part of a southern hemisphere constellation. Therefore, Arcturus, in Bootes, would be the brightest Northern Hemisphere star.
Which is the brightest star in the northern sky?
Sirius
What is lyras brightest star?
Vega is the brightest star in constellation Lyra, and acctually is one of the bightest in the universe. It is also the second brightest in the northern hemisphere.
What is the northern constellation representing a swan?
It is called Cygnus, a big cross of five stars visible from the northern hemisphere high in the sky in autumn and early winter. The brightest star is Deneb.
What is the northern cross?
an arrangement of stars in the shape of a cross formed by the five brightest stars in Cygnus (the swan)
What is the brightest star in the south of England?
As with most of the northern hemisphere, Sirius the Dog Star is visible from London.
What is the third brightest star in the southern cross?
The Centaurus is the third largest star in the Southern Cross. The other two stars in the Southern Cross are named Alpha and Beta Centaurus.
What is the name in Greek for planet Vega?
Vega isn't a planet, it is a star. It is the second-brightest star in the northern sky.
Which constellation in the northern hemisphere contains the vega?
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the Harp.
What is the brightest star and what is its nickname?
brightest star:north star nickname:dog star
What is the cross of carrine?
The Cross of Carrine is part of a southern cross constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Volans and Vela that contains the star Canopus. Canopus is the second-brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius.
Meaning of the brightest star in Pegasus?
The star Enif is the brightest in the constellation Pegasus.
