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| − | The "shorthand" name in the [[Speech, the | Speech]] for the star α (alpha) Coronae Borealis, also known as Alphecca or Gemma. α CorBor is approximately 75 lightyears away and about 45 times brighter than Earth's sun. | + | The "shorthand" name in the [[Speech, the | Speech]] for the star α (alpha) Coronae Borealis, also known as Alphecca or Gemma. α CorBor is approximately 75 lightyears away and about 45 times brighter than Earth's sun. (Properly, the name is spelled with diacriticals: Elthäthté. Unfortunately the title line can't handle them.) |
The star is also half of a spectroscopic eclipsing binary. A type G6 yellow dwarf passes periodically across the face of its larger, hotter companion, producing annular eclipses which reduce the pair's apparent magnitude by about 1/10th of a magnitude. This possibly accounts for the shorthand name, which translates most closely into human idiom as "winking". ([[SYWTBAW]]) | The star is also half of a spectroscopic eclipsing binary. A type G6 yellow dwarf passes periodically across the face of its larger, hotter companion, producing annular eclipses which reduce the pair's apparent magnitude by about 1/10th of a magnitude. This possibly accounts for the shorthand name, which translates most closely into human idiom as "winking". ([[SYWTBAW]]) | ||
See also: STAR NAMES: STELLAR WIZARDRIES. | See also: STAR NAMES: STELLAR WIZARDRIES. | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 14 March 2005
The "shorthand" name in the Speech for the star α (alpha) Coronae Borealis, also known as Alphecca or Gemma. α CorBor is approximately 75 lightyears away and about 45 times brighter than Earth's sun. (Properly, the name is spelled with diacriticals: Elthäthté. Unfortunately the title line can't handle them.)
The star is also half of a spectroscopic eclipsing binary. A type G6 yellow dwarf passes periodically across the face of its larger, hotter companion, producing annular eclipses which reduce the pair's apparent magnitude by about 1/10th of a magnitude. This possibly accounts for the shorthand name, which translates most closely into human idiom as "winking". (SYWTBAW)
See also: STAR NAMES: STELLAR WIZARDRIES.