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Brightest star in a constellation
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alpha
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Alpha EP is the debut EP by British electronica musician Zoojar , released on September 1, 2014
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adj. first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star" early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"
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At the zenith glittered the splendid Antares in the Scorpion, and not far was Alpha Centauri, which is believed to be the nearest star to the terrestrial globe.
At this moment the Southern Cross presented itself to the observer in an inverted position, the star Alpha marking its base, which is nearer to the southern pole.
The star Alpha is about twenty-seven degrees from it, but Cyrus Harding knew this and made allowance for it in his calculation.
Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon, the other to Alpha, and the space between the two legs gave him the angular distance which separated Alpha from the horizon.
The value of this angle would give the height of Alpha, and consequently that of the pole above the horizon, that is to say, the latitude of the island, since the latitude of a point of the globe is always equal to the height of the pole above the horizon of this point.
Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before, the space between its two legs giving the angular distance between the star Alpha and the horizon.
Now, this angle by adding to it the twenty-seven degrees which separated Alpha from the antarctic pole, and by reducing to the level of the sea the height of the cliff on which the observation had been made, was found to be fiftythree degrees.
Michael noted, as he turned to the Grand Dame Alpha with his hands loose and open.
And to keep safe the werewolf clans of Crimson City, the Grand Dame Alpha would do anything.
Grand Dame Alpha, Michael highly doubted the accuracy of that last barb.
Did the Grand Dame Alpha contact the vampires or police about the murder?
Grand Dame Alpha, an odd look on her face as she watched Keeli struggle to sit up.
But only the family members of an Alpha are allowed to live near the central heart of the underground.
Grand Dame Alpha, stalking through the wolves with a strength and poise that Michael would never have imagined, considering her age.
Grand Dame Alpha was sitting at her desk in front of the fireplace when Michael knocked on the door and entered her room.