Hercules
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- proper noun
- /ˈhɜrkjuliz/
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Hércules
- Astronomers study the Hercules constellation to learn more about deep space.
Examples
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And this is the great globular cluster in Hercules.
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Over Bushehr, Iran, on the Persian Gulf (D MINUS 20), Captain Farhad Kazemi felt the C-130 Hercules transport plane bank sharply, beginning its descent over the blue waters of the Persian Gulf.
Fiction book (1996) -
The wonder of it? The swarming stars of the great Hercules cluster.
Fiction book (1993) -
Major Mike Martin had flown from Riyadh in an RAF Hercules transport to the Saudi town of Al Jawf, the place nearest to the border at that point that had a municipal airport.
Fiction book (1994) -
For example, Plate V depicts an engraving of the Globular Cluster in Hercules, which is taken from one of Mitchel's drawings as seen through the Cincinnati refractor.
Academic text (2005) -
The bright stars of the constellation Hercules can be seen during summer evenings.
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In ancient times, people relied on the constellation Hercules for navigation in the night sky.
Compounds
- Literature
Two tall rocks at the Strait of Gibraltar that myth says Hercules made
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hercules the constellation is named after the same Greek hero Herakles, because people long ago put the famous strong man among the stars. So when we call a group of stars Hercules, we are remembering that hero and his great strength.