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Definition of Beta Centauri
1. Noun. The second brightest star in Centaurus.
Definition of Beta Centauri
1. Proper noun. A blue giant star about 500 light years away that is the second brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta Centauri
Literary usage of Beta Centauri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry by John Robert Kippax (1919)
"Five—Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Beta Centauri, Alpha Crucis, and Achernar—are so
far south that they cannot be seen in this latitude, but can be seen in the ..."
2. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry by John Robert Kippax (1919)
"Five — Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Beta Centauri, Alpha Crucis, and Achernar — are
so far south that they cannot be seen in this latitude, but can be seen in ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Beta Centauri.? 4. Invisible in this latitude. Alpha Centauri. This is a double
star, about the colors of the two companions Sir John Herschell says, ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"Say I 'm beastly sorry, and as stiff as thunder, and that it's beta centauri—not
Bella." " I 'll try," said Larry. Then he slid down from his perch and ..."
5. Astronomy with the Naked Eye: A New Geography of the Heavens, with by Garrett Putman Serviss (1908)
"Alpha and Beta Centauri, the latter of the first magnitude, make a noble pair,
only about five degrees apart, and they are sometimes called the Southern ..."
6. The Friendly Stars by Martha Evans Martin (1907)
"Beta Centauri is a brilliant star, not quite so bright as Alpha. The two stars
lie very near together. The distance between them is about four degrees. ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1876)
"... there shone the Southern Cross, followed by the two most brilliant, piercing
stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, and all the galaxy of Argo Navis. ..."
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