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thus you shall go to the stars: From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions, including the Royal Canadian Air Force. sic parvis magna: greatness from small beginnings: Motto of Sir Francis Drake: sic passim: Thus here and there: Used when referencing books; see passim.
Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil , who wrote in his Aeneid : " sic itur ad astra " ('thus one journeys to the stars') [ 1 ] and " opta ardua pennis astra sequi " ('desire to pursue the high[/hard to reach] stars on wings'). [ 2 ]
to the stars: A common name or motto, in whole or part, among many publications ad astra per aspera: to the stars through difficulties: i.e., "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Used as a motto by the State of Kansas and other organisations ad augusta per angusta
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning; Respect is not given, it is earned. Revenge is a dish best served cold; Revenge is sweet; Rome was not built in one day; Right or wrong, my country; Risk it for a biscuit. [24] Rules were made to be broken.
Such multiple star systems are indicated by parentheses showing the individual magnitudes of component stars bright enough to make a detectable contribution. For example, the binary star system Alpha Centauri has the total or combined magnitude of −0.27, while its two component stars have magnitudes of +0.01 and +1.33. [3]
Fifth brightest star in the night sky. [69] Altair (α Aquilae) 2.01 × 1.57 [102] Twelfth brightest star in the night sky. Sirius (α Canis Majoris A) 1.713 [103] AD The brightest star in the night sky. Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A) 1.2175 [104] AD Third brightest star in the night sky. Sun: 1: The largest object in the Solar System.
A-type star In the Harvard spectral classification system, a class of main-sequence star having spectra dominated by Balmer absorption lines of hydrogen. Stars of spectral class A are typically blue-white or white in color, measure between 1.4 and 2.1 times the mass of the Sun, and have surface temperatures of 7,600–10,000 kelvin.
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...