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baalnoun(mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
boötesnoun(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
aldebarannoun(astronomy) One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
antaresnounAlpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.
aliothnoun(astronomy) Epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.
hamalnounA porter in Turkey and nearby countries.
sheratannoun(astronomy) Beta Arietis, a star system and the second-brightest star in the constellation of Aries, marking the ram's second horn.
alphardnoun(astronomy) An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae.
bellatrixnoun(astronomy) A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.
alpha orionisnoun(astronomy) Synonym of Betelgeuse.
nekkarnoun(astronomy) Beta Boötis, a star in the northern constellation of Boötes.
canopusnoun(astronomy) A white bright giant, visually the second brightest star in the night sky, a part of the southern constellation of Carina.
asteropenoun(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades cluster.
adharanounThe second-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major.
alrakisnoun(astronomy) Mu Draconis A, a star in the constellation of Draco.
elnathnoun(astronomy) The second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
thubannoun(astronomy) α Draconis, a white giant star in the constellation Draco which served as the North Star from about 3942 to 1793 BC.
alkaidnoun(astronomy) A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
astronymnounThe name of a star, planet or other heavenly body.
alshainnounBeta Aquilae, a star in the constellation Aquila

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