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Starrise

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starsetnoun(astronomy) The time of day or night when a given star disappears below the horizon.
earthrisenounThe event of the Earth rising over the horizon of another celestial body, typically the Moon.
solrisenoun(rare, science fiction) The time of day when Sol, the sun in the Solar System, appears to rise over a planet's horizon.
stargazingnounThe act of gazing at the stars; astronomy.
starrenounArchaic spelling of star. [Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.]
starnounAny small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
clockstarnoun(astronomy) A bright star with precisely known right ascension, used for determining the error of clocks used to time meridian transits
starbirthnoun(astronomy) The formation of a star.
starscapenoun(astronomy) A picture or view of a field of stars.
star chartnoun(astronomy) A map of the night sky used to identify and locate astronomical objects such as stars, constellations and galaxies.
star trailnoun(astronomy, photography) The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is held open.
asterismnoun(astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
apparitionnounAn unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
seasonal constellationnoun(astronomy) A constellation that is only above the horizon (and thus visible) for part of the year.
night skynounThe sky as it is seen at night.
stationnounA stopping place.
radiantnoun(astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
elevationnounThe act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
evening starnoun(astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
reference starnoun(astronomy) A star whose identity, position and magnitude are accurately known.

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