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Corona Borealis

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Corona Borealis (bôrēăl`əs) [Lat.,=the northern crown], northern constellation constellation, in common usage, group of stars that appear to form a configuration in the sky; properly speaking, a constellation is a definite region of the sky in which the configuration of stars is contained.
..... Click the link for more information.  lying between Hercules and Boötes. Its name derives from the crown Bacchus gave Ariadne when she was deserted by Theseus. The constellation is a small arc of bright stars, of which the brightest is Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis). Corona Borealis reaches its highest point in the evening sky in early July.
Corona Borealis [kə′rō·nə bȯr·ē′al·əs]
(astronomy)
A constellation, right ascension 16 hours, declination 30°N. Abbreviated CrB. Also known as Northern Crown.
Corona Borealis 

(Northern Crown), a constellation in the northern hemisphere. The constellation’s brightest star is Gemma, with a visual stellar magnitude of 2.2. The most favorable conditions for observing Corona Borealis are in May. The constellation is visible everywhere in the USSR.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The peculiar variable star R Corona Borealis (R CrB) is well worth keeping an eye on.
Sky notes: 2009 June and July by Potter, Callum / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
To the chart's left is Alphecca, the leader of the pretty arc of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.
Starwatch by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Introduced to the track in April, November 2000 pups Corona Borealis and Dream Machine, litter-sister and brother from a Plasterscene Gem mating with a former Hull racer Tiber Spirit, they have been earning their keep in impressive fashion.
Around the north: Baron youngsters rule at Hull by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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