luminous cloud

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• Cloud Gate — Coordinates: 41°52′57.67″N 87°37′23.97″W …   Wikipedia

• cloud — As the giver of necessary rain, clouds were regarded with awe in ancient Israel, and God is celebrated as dwelling in them (Ps. 68:4). In the J tradition the people are said to be led by Yahweh in the form of a pillar of cloud (Exod. 13:21) which …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Pillar of Cloud/Fire — • A luminous cloud that accompanied the Israelites during their wandering Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• noctilucent cloud — [ˌnɒktɪ lu:s(ə)nt] noun a high, luminous cloud seen at night, especially in summer in high latitudes. Origin C19: from L. nox, noct night + lucere to shine + ent …   English new terms dictionary

• noctilucent cloud — noun : a luminous cloud seen at night at a height of about 275,000 feet …   Useful english dictionary

• Molecular cloud — See also: Solar nebula Within a few million years the light from bright stars will have boiled away this molecular cloud of gas and dust. The cloud has broken off from the Carina Nebula. Newly formed stars are visible nearby, their images… …   Wikipedia

• List of most luminous stars — Below is a list of stars arranged in order of decreasing luminosity (increasing bolometric magnitude). Accurate measurement of stellar luminosities is quite difficult in practice, even when the apparent magnitude is measured accurately, for three …   Wikipedia

• nacreous cloud — noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon • Syn: ↑mother of pearl cloud • Hypernyms: ↑cloud * * * noun : a luminous iridescent cloud that occurs at altitudes of about… …   Useful english dictionary

• Large Magellanic Cloud — The Large Magellanic Cloud Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Dorado/Mensa …   Wikipedia

• mother-of-pearl cloud — noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon • Syn: ↑nacreous cloud • Hypernyms: ↑cloud * * * noun : nacreous cloud * * * mother of pearl cloud, = nacreous cloud. (Cf …   Useful english dictionary

• Magellanic cloud — Astron. either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way. [1675 85] * * * Either of two irregular companion galaxies of the Milky Way Galaxy, named for Ferdinand… …   Universalium