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öٱ

[boh-oh-teez]

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

öپ&Բ;
  1. the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.



öٱ

/ əʊˈəʊپː /

noun

  1. a constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Ursa Major and containing the first magnitude star Arcturus

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öٱ

  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Virgo and Corona Borealis. It contains the bright star Arcturus. öٱ (the Plowman or Herdsman) is one of the earliest recorded constellations.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of öٱ1

1650–60; < Latin < Greek ṓtŧ literally, ox-driver
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Word History and Origins

Origin of öٱ1

C17: via Latin from Greek: ploughman, from ōٱ𾱲 to plough, from bous ox
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There will be a chance of seeing the showers whenever the radiant point in the constellation öٱ is above the horizon.

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Around 10 p.m., you can find the meteor shower by locating the constellation öٱ, which Krupp said can be seen by looking in a northeastern direction.

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Both the Big Ring and the Giant Arc appear relatively close together, near the constellation of Bootes the Herdsman.

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In its center sit the Bootes superclusters, two collections of about a dozen galaxy clusters, while the bubble’s edges include other monumental cosmic structures, such as the Sloan Great Wall, the CfA2 Great Wall and the Hercules Supercluster.

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From this map emerged a ring 1 billion light-years wide, its circumference dotted with galaxies and connected to cosmic filaments, and its interior empty aside from a galaxy supercluster called the öٱ Supercluster in its center.

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