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Hadar, in astronomyHadar or Beta Centauri (bā`tə sĕntôr`ē), bright star in the constellation Centaurus Centaurus (sĕntôr`əs), southern constellation located N and E of Crux, the Southern Cross...... Click the link for more information. ; 1992 position R.A. 14h01.7m, dec. −60°13'. A bluish-white giant of spectral class spectral class, in astronomy, a classification of the stars by their spectrum and luminosity . In 1885, E. C. Pickering began the first extensive attempt to classify the stars spectroscopically. ..... Click the link for more information. B1 II, it has an apparent magnitude magnitude, in astronomy, measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial object. The stars cataloged by Ptolemy (2d cent. A.D.), all visible with the unaided eye, were ranked on a brightness scale such that the brightest stars were of 1st magnitude and the ..... Click the link for more information. of 0.63, making it one of the 10 brightest stars in the sky. Its distance from the earth is more than 400 light-years. Hadar is a visual binary star binary star or binary system, pair of stars that are held together by their mutual gravitational attraction and revolve about their common center of mass. ..... Click the link for more information. . Hadar, in the BibleHadar (hā`där), variant of Hadad 1 Son of Ishmael. An alternate form is Hadar.2 King of Edom. 3 Last king of Edom. Hadar is an alternate form. 4 Scion of the kings of Edom, who escaped Joab's massacre. He fled to Egypt and married the pharaoh's sister-in-law. ..... Click the link for more information. (1,) (3.) Hadar [ha′där] (astronomy) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The administration's policies "have helped to shift the balance of power in the region in the direction of Iran and Shi'ite and Sunni radicals," observes Cato Institute analyst Leon Hadar (who was born in Haifa, one of the Israeli cities hit by Hezbollah missiles). The evening's Honorees were Eric Hadar (Business), Mysore Nagaraja (Public Service), and Cesar Pelli (Design). Leon Hadar, author of last year's Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East, counsels that the wisest course of action is "constructive disengagement" with "the Islamic Green Crescent of Instability ranging from the Balkans to the borders of China. |
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