Corona Borealis- The Northern Crown.pdf

Corona Borealis- The Northern Crown Also Known As... ● The Twelve Maidens” - Shawnee ● “The Camp Circle” - Cheyenne ● “Kwan Soo”(The Cord) – China ● “Woomera” (The Boomerang) - Australia ● “The Broken Platter” - Early Arab Name ● “Car Arianrhod“ (Castle of the Silver Circle) - Welsh ● ● Greek Origins ● Listed in 4th century B.C by Astronomer Eudoxos as Stephanos, the Wreath, or Laurel. ● One of the 49 “classic” Greek constellations without a Sumerian or Babylonian precursor. Theseus, Ariadne, Dionysus Whered the Crown Come From? ● One tradition is that it was made by the goldsmith Hephaestus for Ariadnes wedding to Theseus. ● Another is that it was plucked from the stars of the sky by Dionysus when he wooed Ariadne, and was placed back into the heavens by him when she died. Where is it? Constellation Facts ? Abbreviation: CrB ? RA 16h Decl +30 ? Area: 179 sq deg (73/88) ? No Messier Objects ? Brightest Star: Alphecca (2nd Mag). Closest: Rho (57ly) ? 3 known extrasolar planetary systems:Rho, Kappa, X0-1 Al-Fakkah, “The Broken Circle” Bubba hueyWhatever Corona Borealis Galaxy Supercluster Abell Equatorial Redshift Distance Number Coordinates z Mly RA Dec A2005 14 58.7 +27 49 .0762 1025 A2019 15 03.0 +27 11 .0795 1065 A2022 15 04.3 +28 25 .0566 770 A2056 15 19.2 +28 16 .0834 1115 A2061 15 21.3 +30 39 .0772 1035 A2065 15 22.7 +27 43 .0714 960 A2067 15 23.2 +30 54 .0736 990 A2079 15 28.1 +28 53 .0649 875 A2089 15 32.7 +28 01 .0720 970 A2092 15 33.3 +31 09 .0657 890 A2