a concept or representation of the universe, based on the observed redshifts of distant galaxies, in which the galaxies are assumed to be receding from each other at a speed proportional to their separation as a result of the expansion of the universe.
the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus
the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends
the obscuring of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun, a lunar eclipse, or the obscuring of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth, a solar eclipse
used to designate the brightest star in a constellation
a number of heavenly bodies associated and acting together according to certain natural laws
marking the time when the sun is at the north most point from the celestial equator occurring around June 21
