Corona Boreal es una pequeña constelación boreal cuyas principales estrellas forman un arco semicircular. Esta es una de las 88 constelaciones modernas, y fue también una de las 48 constelaciones listadas por Ptolomeo, quien se refirió a la misma como Corona. La palabra Borealis fue añadida después, en contraste con la Corona Australis, la Corona Austral. No tiene estrellas de primera magnitud. Su estrella más brillante, α CrB (Alphecca, también conocida como Gemma) tiene una magnitud de 2,2 (ligeramente variable) y es considerada miembro difuso de la Asociación estelar de la Osa Mayor. La constelación contiene muchas estrellas variables interesantes: dos de las más conocidas son R Coronae Borealis y T Coronae Borealis.

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Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest stars form a semicircular arc. Its Latin name, inspired by its shape, means "northern crown". In classical mythology Corona Borealis generally represented the crown given by the god Dionysus to the Cretan princess Ariadne and set by him in the heavens. Other cultures likened the pattern to a circle of elders, an eagle's nest, a bear's den, or even a smokehole. Ptolemy also listed a southern counterpart, Corona Australis, with a similar pattern. The brightest star is the magnitude 2.2 Alpha Coronae Borealis. The yellow supergiant R Coronae Borealis is the prototype of a rare class of giant stars—the R Coronae Borealis variables—that are extremely hydrogen deficient, and thought to result from the merger of two white dwarfs. T Coronae Borealis, also known as the Blaze Star, is another unusual type of variable star known as a recurrent nova. Normally of magnitude 10, it last flared up to magnitude 2 in 1946. ADS 9731 and Sigma Coronae Borealis are multiple star systems with six and five components respectively. Five star systems have been found to have Jupiter-sized exoplanets. Abell 2065 is a highly concentrated galaxy cluster one billion light-years from the Solar System containing more than 400 members, and is itself part of the larger Corona Borealis Supercluster.

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