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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BARNARD'S STAR

Named after Edward Emerson barnard.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BARNARD'S STAR

Barnard's star play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARNARD'S STAR

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Barnard's star is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARNARD'S STAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Barnard's Star

Barnard's Star /ˈbɑrnərd/ is a very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the Snake-holder. Barnard's Star is the fourth-closest known individual star to the Sun, after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and the closest star in the Northern Hemisphere. Despite its proximity, Barnard's Star, at a dim apparent magnitude of about nine, is not visible with the unaided eye; however, it is much brighter in the infrared than it is in visible light. The star is named for American astronomer E.E. Barnard. He was not the first to observe the star, but in 1916 he measured its proper motion as 10.3 arcseconds per year, which remains the largest-known proper motion of any star relative to the Solar System. Barnard's Star has been the subject of much study, and it has probably received more attention from astronomers than any other class M dwarf star due to its proximity and favorable location for observation near the celestial equator. Historically, research on Barnard's Star has focused on measuring its stellar characteristics, its astrometry, and also refining the limits of possible extrasolar planets.

Definition of Barnard's star in the English dictionary

The definition of Barnard's star in the dictionary is a red dwarf star in the constellation Ophiuchus having the largest proper motion known.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARNARD'S STAR

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barnacle
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barnacled
Barnard
Barnardo
Barnardo´s
Barnaul
Barnave
barnbrack
Barnes
barnet
barnet fair
barney
barnlike
barnsbreaking
Barnsley
Barnstaple

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARNARD'S STAR

binary star
blazing star
child star
dark star
double star
dwarf star
falling star
film star
guest star
media star
Michelin star
morning star
movie star
pole star
pop star
radio star
rising star
rock star
shooting star
star
variable star

Synonyms and antonyms of Barnard's star in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Barnard's star» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARNARD'S STAR

Find out the translation of Barnard's star to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Barnard's star from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Barnard's star» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴纳德星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

La estrella de Barnard
570 millions of speakers

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Barnard´s star
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्नार्ड का सितारा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نجم بارنارد و
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Звезда Барнарда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

A estrela de Barnard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বার্নার্ডের তারকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

L´étoile de Barnard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bintang Barnard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Barnards Stern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バーナード星
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버나드 의 스타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bintang Barnard
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sao Barnard
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பர்னார்டின் நட்சத்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्नार्डचा तारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Barnard´ın yıldızı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Stella di Barnard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gwiazda Barnarda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Зірка Барнарда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Stele Barnard
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Αστέρι του Barnard
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Barnard se ster
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Barnards stjärna
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Barnards stjerne
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARNARD'S STAR»

Discover the use of Barnard's star in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Barnard's star and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barnard's Star
Tamar Yoseloff's second collection moves from the mysteries of the sky-an invisible red dwarf, The aurora borealis-to the everyday life of earth-an abandoned seaside pier, a crowded London bus, a Woolworths in a small American town, places ...
Tamar Yoseloff, 2004
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Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective
The distribution of the distances to these stars is polymodal with peaks between 4 to 5, 8 to 9, and 11 to 12 lightyears. The closest group of stars consists of Proxima Centauri (4.22ly), Alpha Centauri A and B (4.40ly), and Barnard's star (5.94ly).
Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 2007
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Deep Space Flight and Communications: Exploiting the Sun as ...
7.8 GRAVITATIONAL LENS OF THE NAKED BARNARD'S STAR (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Assumed mass of Barnard's Star: 3.3811579868E29 kg; that is, 0:17 Sun Assumed radius of Barnard's Star: 118,320km; that is, 0.17 times the Sun radius ...
Claudio Maccone, 2009
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Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems
gested that Barnard's Star was nearby, and astrometrists rushed to measure its parallax. Their Work revealed that Barnard's Star was a mere 6.0 light-years from the Sun, closer than any other star but Alpha Centauri. Invisible to the naked eye,  ...
‎1997
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The Hundred Greatest Stars
Dim Barnard's Star is an important exception. Discovered by E. E. Barnard at Chicago's Yerkes Observatory in 1916, Barnard's Star veritably screams across the sky at a break-neck pace of 10 seconds of arc per year. While this displacement ...
James B. Kaler, 2002
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Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Creation
Barnard's Star holds the proper-motion speed record. Not only does it fly through space at nearly 140 km/s, but it is also only 5.9 light-years away, after the Alpha Centauri triple system the closest star to the Earth. As a result, it zips along at (for  ...
James B. Kaler, 2001
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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights: An Introduction ...
Barnard's Star Rasalhague i 1 2000 years | /OOO years 1 llth: Near the right shoulder of the serpent holder, 6 light years from earth, is our second nearest star neighbor in the universe . Barnard's star is a tiny red dwarf discovered by E. Barnard ...
‎1990
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Cosmic Challenge: The Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs
According to Burnham's Celestial Handbook, in about 8,000 years Barnard's Star will have closed to less than 4 light years away from us. In the process, its annual proper motion will have accelerated to 25 arc-seconds and it will have grown in ...
Philip S. Harrington, 2010
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Stellar Paths: Photographic Astrometry with Long-Focus ...
PLANETARY COMPANIONS, BARNARD'S STAR (a) Introduction. A conventional observational distinction between stars and planets is the upper limit of 0.001 MQ for the most massive known planet, Jupiter, in our solar system and the lower ...
P. Kamp, 1981
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Gliese and Gj Objects, Including: Alpha Centauri, Barnard's ...
We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Gliese and GJ objects.
Hephaestus Books, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARNARD'S STAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Barnard's star is used in the context of the following news items.
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On the Move with Barnard's Star and 61 Cygni
Barnard's Star would be an undistinguished red dwarf in Ophiuchus were it not for its rapid motion across the sky. It measures 1.9 times ... «Sky & Telescope, Jun 15»
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What Would it Look Like if the Sun was Replaced by Other Stars?
... look like if our closest star, the Sun, was replaced with other stars in the galaxy (say the tiny red dwarf Barnard's Star, or the giant Aldebaran). «Visual News, Mar 15»
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Earth's sunset would look completely different if the sun were …
... stars and scattering to interpret what different types of stars would look like during a sunset including cooler, smaller stars like Barnard's Star, ... «Business Insider, Mar 15»
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What's the Brightest Star in the Sky, Past and Future?
Even fast movers such as Barnard's Star or 61 Cygni only exhibit a proper motion of 10” and 3.2” arc seconds per year. Think of driving by a ... «Universe Today, Feb 15»
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Elite: Dangerous impressions: Finding home in the vast emptiness of …
And so eventually I found my home. I pulled up the map and made the last few jumps from Lacaille 8760 to Ross 154 to Barnard's Star and, ... «PCWorld, Dec 14»
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The Impressive Discoveries of Penn State Astronomy Professors
and it is located marginally farther away than the second closest star to our Sun, Barnard's star, which falls just over six light years away. «Onward State, Nov 14»
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Interstellar Travel? Nah! (Part 2)
They will not be close-by like fabled Alpha Centauri or Barnard's Star. They will be remote (hundreds of light-years) and put even greater ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
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The Dismal Future of Interstellar Travel
This would be for an unmanned, 50-year journey to Barnard's Star using "fusion drive" technology. It consists of 50,000 tons of fuel and 500 ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
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Why do we love leaving our mark in space? (+video)
Barnard's Star, a small red dwarf, is named after its discoverer E.E. Barnard. NASA astrophysicist Bonnard J. Teegarden led the team that ... «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 14»
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NASA's WISE Mission Shuffles Sun's Nearest Stellar Neighbors
At only 6 light years away, Barnard's star in the constellation of Ophiuchus is the second closest stellar system to Earth. And although this ... «Forbes, Sep 14»

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