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Definition of Alpha crucis
1. Noun. The brightest star in the Southern Cross.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpha Crucis
Literary usage of Alpha crucis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australian Poets, 1788-1888: Being a Selection of Poems Upon All Subjects by Arthur Patchett Martin (1890)
"... alpha crucis. [This writer desires the incognito maintained.] IN THE UPLANDS.
MORNING. THE corn-lands wake with rustling quiver, Whilst o'er 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 American Association for the Advancement of Science (1869)
"... and so situated that, when they are on the same vertical plane, the bearing
of alpha crucis is very small, and its annual variation a mere nothing. ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1869)
"... and so situated that, when they are on the same vertical plane, the bearing
of alpha crucis is very small, and its annual variation a mere nothing. ..."
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