Pup·pis

(pŭp′ĭs)

A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Canis Major and Pyxis.

[Latin puppis, stern, poop, of unknown origin.]

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Puppis

(ˈpʌpɪs)

n, Latin genitive Puppis

(Astronomy) a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Vela and Canis Major, a section of which is crossed by the Milky Way

[Latin: the ship, the poop of a ship]

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Noun

Puppis - a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat

Argo - formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela

Translations

Πρύμνη

AkterstavnenAkterstemnen

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The Southern Cross (Crux) and Pointers sit high in the winter evening sky, with the southern Milky Wa y cascading down through Carina, Puppis and Vela setting in the south-west.

Star charts for winter: June 01 at 00:00, July 01 at 22:00, and August 01 at 20:00

KARACHI -- Six ships, Hugo Schulte, GSL Tianjin, African IBIS, Tomson Gas, Puppis Ocean and Genco Aquitaine were arranged berthing at QICT, WM-1, EVTL, Fap-E and PIBT respectively on Friday.

Shipping activity at Port Qasim

Seven ships, Conti Darwin, Tomson Gas, Gsl Tianjin, Puppis Ocean, Genco Aquitiaine, African lbisi and Hugo Schulte carrying Containers, Chemical, Soya Been Seeds, Coal and Steel Coils are expected to take berths at QICT, EVTL, FAP, PIBT and MW-1 respectively on Thursday.

Shipping activity at Port Qasim

Media policy as a subsystem in modern Western societies deals with "the formulation and implementation of collectively binding decisions regarding media structures, media organizations, and media performance" (Puppis & d'Haenens, 2012, p.

The History of Media Policy Based on Mediatization: A Theoretical Perspective

IN MERSEY | Today, Beryl, a tanker coming from the US; Wec Mondriaan, a container vessel coming from and returning to Portugal; Sara Borchard, a container ship coming from Portugal and sailing to Ireland; MSC Sandra, a container ship coming from France and sailing on to Canada; Anna G, a container ship sailing to Ireland; DK Initio, a bulk carrier coming from Korea and sailing on to Belgium and Puppis Ocean, a bulk carrier coming from Argentina.

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At least two regular readers of Sky and Telescope were fortunate in spotting Nova Puppis before they had heard of it from others ...

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Eustatius creates a lack of transparency and enables politicians to hide malpractice (Puppis 2009).

The ties that bind: smallness, nonsovereignty, and political reform in St. Eustatius

Farther left of Sirius, over the border into the constellation Puppis (the Ship's Stern or poop deck) are two other cluster gems for binoculars and scopes: star-spangled M47 and dimmer, vaguer M46 next to it.

Using our sky maps: here's how to use the monthly sky maps on the following pages to identify your evening stars and constellations

Hasta el momento, la mayoria de estudios academicos sobre los sistemas de rendicion de cuentas se ha centrado en la descripcion de los instrumentos tradicionales de autorregulacion, como los codigos deontologicos (Alsius, 1999; Aznar, 1999, 2005; Barroso, 1984; Garcia Aviles, 1996; Jones, 1980; Leppanen citado en Brunn, 1979; Nordenstreng & Hannikainen, 1984; Perez Fuentes, 2004; Puppis, 2009; Wiedemann, 1992) o los defensores del lector (Evers, 2010; Starck, 2010).

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