Some of the brighter stream members include Alpha Coronae Borealis ( α CrB or Alphecca or Gemma ), Beta Aurigae ( β Aur ), Delta Aquarii ( δ Aqr ), Gamma Leporis ( γ Lep ) and Beta Serpentis ( β Ser ).

Beta Crucis, called Mimosa, is a blue-hued giant of magnitude 1. 3, 353 light-years from Earth.

Beta Ceti, also called Deneb Kaitos and Diphda, is the brightest star in Cetus.

Also called Hadar and Agena, Beta Centauri is a double star ; the primary is a blue-hued giant star of magnitude 0. 6, 525 light-years from Earth.

Beta Delphini, called Rotanev, is a close binary star and the brightest in Delphinus, divisible in only large amateur telescopes.

The roots of the Vorkosigan Saga lie in an early short story by Bujold, " Dreamweaver's Dilemma ", which features a planet called Beta Colony and a character with the last name of Naismith.

Beta Cephei ( β Cep ) variables, or Beta Canis Majoris variables, as these stars are sometimes called, especially in Europe ) undergo short period pulsations in the order of 0. 1 – 0. 6 days with an amplitude of 0. 01 – 0. 3 magnitudes ( 1 % to 30 % change in luminosity ).

Tigrinya (, tigriñā ), also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrnia, Tigrina, Tigriña, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is a Semitic language spoken in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia ( its speakers there are called " Tigrawot, Tegaru ") by the Tigrinya people, where it has official status, and in central Eritrea, where it is one of the two main languages of Eritrea, and among groups of emigrants from these regions, including some of the Beta Israel now living in Israel.

Beta blockers that target the beta-1 receptor are called cardio selective because beta-1 is responsible for increasing heart rate ; hence a beta blocker will slow the heart rate.

Arthur dies in the fifth installment of the book series, Mostly Harmless, in a club called Beta ( owned by Stavro Mueller ) when the Earth and all its duplicates are simultaneously destroyed by the Grebulons.

Betamax ( also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo ) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released in Japan on May 10, 1975.

However, when he realises that Arthur has yet to cause his death at a place called Stavromula Beta, Agrajag discovered he took Arthur out of his relative timeline too soon, and that killing him now would cause a paradox but attempts to kill Arthur anyway.

The Beta Israel use a small gong called a qachel as liturgical accompaniment, though qachel may also refer to a small bell.

Microsoft's implementation of ECMAScript 5th Edition in Windows 8 Consumer Preview is called JavaScript and the corresponding Visual Studio 11 Express Beta includes a “ completely new ”, full-featured JavaScript editor with IntelliSense enhancements for HTML5 and ECMAScript 5 syntax, “ VSDOC ” annotations for multiple overloads, simplified DOM configuration, brace matching, collapsible outlining and “ go to definition ”.

Beta Cephei, traditionally called " Alfirk ", is a double star with a blue-hued giant primary of magnitude 3. 2 and a secondary of magnitude 7. 9.

Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel ( from German Mangel / Mangold, " chard ", and Wurzel, " root "), also called mangold, mangel beet, field beet and fodder beet, is a cultivated root vegetable derived from Beta vulgaris.

Beta Herculis, also called Kornephoros, is the brightest star in Hercules.

68 Herculis, also called u Herculis, is a Beta Lyrae-type eclipsing binary star.

An extension of the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School called the Craft Work Shop was begun in 1945 in cooperation with the University of Tennessee.

In 2005, Pi Beta Phi began a partnership with a reading awareness program called Read Across America.

The claustrum in those with Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies is often affected with Alpha-synuclein neuron inclusions called Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites and Beta amyloid.

In the 1951 film version of the book, also called When Worlds Collide, Bronson Alpha was reimagined as a dwarf star and renamed " Bellus ", while Bronson Beta was designated " Zyra.

Both reciprocating engine and turboprop aircraft can have reverse thrust, and almost all propeller aircraft with reverse thrust have the ability to set the propeller angle to flat pitch ( called Beta range ), which generates no forward or reverse thrust but provides large amounts of drag.

* In astronomy, one of two pairs of stars popularly called " The Pointers ": Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, which point to the Southern Cross ; or Alpha Ursae Majoris ( Dubhe ) and Beta Ursae Majoris ( Merak ), which point to Polaris

Beta blockers are used in the prophylaxis of exertional angina by reducing the work the heart is allowed to perform below the level that would provoke an angina attack.

Beta testing takes place at customers ' sites, and involves testing by a group of customers who use the system at their own locations and provide feedback, before the system is released to other customers.

He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Psi and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford.

Deneb Algedi is a Beta Lyrae variable star ( a type of eclipsing binary ).

Alternatively, if a line is constructed perpendicularly between Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, the point where the above mentioned line and this line intersect marks the Southern Celestial Pole.

It is a Beta Cephei-type Cepheid variable with a variation of less than 0. 1 magnitudes.

In addition to Alpha Centauri ( the 3rd brightest star in the sky ), a second first magnitude star, Beta Centauri, is part of Centaurus.

Albireo, designated Beta Cygni, is a celebrated binary star among amateur astronomers for its contrasting hues.

Beta Chamaeleontis is a blue-white hued star of magnitude 4. 2, 27 light-years from Earth.

* 1776 – At The College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American college fraternity.

The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, formed from the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini.

The game is currently under OBT ( Open Beta Test ) with the final release scheduled for October.

Beta Fornacis is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 4. 5, 169 light-years from Earth.

Beta Gruis is a red giant variable star with a minimum magnitude of 2. 3 and a maximum magnitude of 2. 0 ; it is 170 light-years from Earth.

Beta Hydri, the brightest star in Hydrus, is a yellow star of magnitude 2. 8, 24 light-years from Earth.

* 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.

Karachi is ranked as a Beta world city.

Beta oxidation is the metabolic process by which fatty acids are broken down in the mitochondria and / or in peroxisomes to generate acetyl-CoA.