Northern Crown

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Etymology

Origin of Northern Crown

First recorded in 1585–95

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Northern Crown

Cassiopeia fronted him, and Capella; the Northern Crown, was faint and low; but westward great Arcturus shone, though the moon had taken the redness from him.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

And under all—under the Northern Crown up there, and in the fresh breeze below, and the chiaroscuro of the night, that liquid-full contralto.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

The Serpent's head, making an X, is just at the right of the γ of Hercules, and the partial circle of the Northern Crown above.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

Beyond this triangle, in the direction of the line continued straight from the Great Bear, is the Northern Crown, whose form immediately suggests its name.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

We have seen that he was one of the independent discoverers of the outburst in the Northern Crown.

From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)