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1. Arcturus
   [n] - the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes
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2. Arcturus
   Arc·tu'rus noun [ Latin Arcturus , Greek ... bearward, equiv. to ...; ... bear + ... ward, guard. See Arctic .] (Anat.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes. » Arcturus has sometimes been in...
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3. arcturus
   <anatomy> A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes. ... Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major. 'Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev. Ver., 'the Bear with her train']' (Job xxxviii. 32) ... Origin: L....
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4. Arcturus
   noun the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth
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5. Arcturus
   • (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.
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6. Arcturus
   one of the five brightest stars in the night sky, and the brightest star in the northern constellation Boötes, with an apparent visual magnitude of ... [4 related articles]
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7. Arcturus
   The Arcturus was a Swedish patrol boat of 105 tons displacement launched between 1908 and 1910 as a torpedo boat. The Arcturus had a top speed of 25 knots and was armed with one 57 mm gun and one 18 inch torpedo tube.
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8. Arcturus
   Arcturus (ärktoor'us) , brightest star in the constellation Boötes and 4th-brightest star in the entire sky; Bayer designation Alpha Boötis; 1992 position R.A. 14h15.3m, Dec. +19°13'. An orange giant of spectral class K2 III, it has an apparent magnitude of -0.06; its diam...
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9. Arcturus
   Brightest star in the constellation Boötes and the fourth-brightest star in the night sky. Arcturus is a red giant about 28 times larger than the Sun and 70 times more luminous, 36 light years away from the Sun
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10. Arcturus
    | ra=14h 15 m 39.7s | dec=+19° 10` 56" | appmag_v=−0.04 --> | rotational_velocity=<1.7 | luminosity = 210 ± 10 | temperature=4,300 --> `Arcturus` (α&nbsp;Boo, α&nbsp;Boötis, Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. To the naked eye, ...
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11. Arcturus
    (band) `Arcturus` is an avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987. They named it Arcturus (meaning Bear Guardian), after the Behenian fixed star Arcturus. Biography: The band has released four official full-length albums. Arcturus has experimented throughout their career, extract...
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