Northern Cross

noun

, Astronomy.

Northern Cross

a group of the five brightest stars that form a large cross in the constellation Cygnus

First recorded in 1905–10

During the last three centuries of Moorish rule, the northern Cross cast an ever longer shadow before it.

Now this beautiful star, Deneb, is the top of the Northern Cross.

So now you understand why I am so eager that you should not miss the pleasure of seeing the famous Northern Cross.

In those old times people did not think of the Northern Cross as a cross.

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