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- proper noun astronomy A
summer asterism of thenorthern sky, said to resemble across . It includes the starsDeneb andAlbireo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus
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Examples
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What makes this so striking is the satellite's instruments always point at the same tiny arc of the Milky Way near the constellation called the Northern Cross - only one four-hundredth of the sky.
NYT > Home Page 2011
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Finally, Deborah Bogen's Let Me Open You A Swan -- her second book -- "nourishes the reader" yet creates a sense of boldness and audacity -- something "sacred" is sacrificed here, under the constellation Cygnus, or Swan, once called the Northern Cross.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Accidental Adult and Other Poetry Book Reviews 2010
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Finally, Deborah Bogen's Let Me Open You A Swan -- her second book -- "nourishes the reader" yet creates a sense of boldness and audacity -- something "sacred" is sacrificed here, under the constellation Cygnus, or Swan, once called the Northern Cross.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Accidental Adult and Other Poetry Book Reviews 2010
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Sometimes folks refer to this constellation as the Northern Cross because of its shape.
Kid's Astronomy: Celestial Birds Migrate West? | Universe Today 2009
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I could hardly believe that I had been able to conquer the Northern Cross.
Riding the Northern Cross Michael Turton 2009
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I could hardly believe that I had been able to conquer the Northern Cross.
Archive 2009-06-01 Michael Turton 2009
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Rank with the continuing series in great Taiwan bike rides: the Northern Cross island highway.
Archive 2008-07-01 Michael Turton 2008
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I showed them the constellations I learned the other week when I was at the McDonald Observatory Star party Casseiopeia, Cepheus, Northern Cross, etc and also the Milky Way and later I even showed mom and Skip.
Thanksgiving! WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006
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I showed them the constellations I learned the other week when I was at the McDonald Observatory Star party Casseiopeia, Cepheus, Northern Cross, etc and also the Milky Way and later I even showed mom and Skip.
Archive 2006-11-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006
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Skan nodded; his great golden eyes fixed upon her as steadily as if he were the needle of a compass, and she were the Northern Cross.
The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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