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Azure Dragon display at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, during Lunar New Year 2024. The Azure Dragon (Chinese: 青龍 Qīnglóng), also known as Qinglong in Chinese, is one of the Dragon Gods who represent the mount or chthonic forces of the Five Regions' Highest Deities (五方上帝 Wǔfāng Shàngdì). It is also one of the Four Symbols of the ...
In Taoism, the Four Symbols have been assigned human identities and names. The Azure Dragon is named Meng Zhang (孟章), the Vermilion Bird is called Ling Guang (陵光), the White Tiger Jian Bing (監兵), and the Black Tortoise Zhi Ming (執明). Its Japanese equivalent, in corresponding order: Seiryū (east), Suzaku (south), Byakko (west ...
Microsoft Azure, or just Azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ AZ-ure, AY-zure), [5] [6] [7] is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It has management, access and development of applications and services to individuals, companies, and governments through its global infrastructure.
Eta Draconis (traditionally called Athebyne [3]) is a double star with a yellow-hued primary of magnitude 2.8 and a white-hued secondary of magnitude 8.2 located south of the primary. The two are separated by 4.8 arcseconds. [4] Mu Draconis, traditionally called Alrakis, is a binary star with two white components.
On the RGB and CMYK color wheel, Azure is defined as the colour halfway between blue and cyan. The colour halfway between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel has a hex code of 0080FF. [1] ISCC–NBS descriptor. Vivid blue. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) Azure pigment.
The asterism of the Big Dipper (shown in this star map in green) lies within the constellation of Ursa Major. The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the Plough (UK, Ireland) [1][2] is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; [3][4][5][6] six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude.
Taurus. See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters. The Pleiades (/ ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ -, ˈplaɪ -/), [8][9] also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.
A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.