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  2. Cultural astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Cultural astronomy, sometimes called the study of Astronomy in Culture, has been described as investigating "the diversity of ways in which cultures, both ancient and modern, perceive celestial objects and integrate them into their view of the world."

  3. Pleiades - Wikipedia

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    Stars of Pleiades with color and 10,000-year backward proper motion shown. Ages for star clusters may be estimated by comparing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram for the cluster with theoretical models of stellar evolution. Using this technique, ages for the Pleiades of between 75 and 150 million years have been estimated.

  4. Inuit astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Two placed far apart or those [two] apart Orion: Betelgeuse, Bellatrix (top two stars of "shoulders" of Orion Indicator of the change of seasons. Sources conflict on if their appearance marks the beginning or end of winter. [1] [4] Aviguti Divider, separator or that which divides [the sky] Milky Way

  5. 30 Culture Shocks That Left People Reevaluating Their ... - AOL

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    Image credits: Mabelmable #16. So much Jesus in small town America! You go to a diner and there's a little store in the back just like any tat shop here but with extra Jesus on everything.

  6. Cosmic distance ladder - Wikipedia

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    By measuring these properties from a star's spectrum, the position of a main sequence star on the H–R diagram can be determined, and thereby the star's absolute magnitude estimated. A comparison of this value with the apparent magnitude allows the approximate distance to be determined, after correcting for interstellar extinction of the ...

  7. Star system - Wikipedia

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    A multiple star system consists of two or more stars that appear from Earth to be close to one another in the sky. [dubious – discuss] This may result from the stars actually being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is a physical multiple star, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case it is an optical multiple star [a] Physical multiple ...

  8. How 2025 Will Be Different From 2024, According to the Stars

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    It’s true: 2024 was yet another unpredictable year in this strange, unprecedented decade. While 2025 may still be a mystery, we do predict that the mood will be decidedly calmer.

  9. Celebrity culture - Wikipedia

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    Celebrity culture differs from consumer culture in that celebrity culture is a single aspect of consumer culture. Celebrity culture could not exist without consumer culture, as people are consistently buying magazines, apps for celebrities, and other celebrity-related merchandise. Consumers' choices are thus influenced by celebrities' choices.