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The 2013 Rockstar Games video game Grand Theft Auto V, which is set in a highly accurate and detailed parody of Los Angeles -- named "Los Santos" -- as well as various surrounding areas of Southern California (the state itself is named "San Andreas"), features the "Galileo Observatory", a fictionalized version of the Griffith Observatory.
In 2004, [i] criminals Michael Townley, Trevor Philips, and Brad Snider partake in a failed robbery in Ludendorff, North Yankton, resulting in Michael being presumed dead. . Nine years later, Michael lives with his family in the city of Los Santos under the alias Michael De Santa, having made a secret agreement with a Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) [j] agent, Dave Norton, to stay hidd
The headliner is GTA 5, with Rockstar Games celebrating its 25th anniversary and GTA 6’s much anticipated reveal giving players even more opportunities to give the cult classic an in-depth look.
The Asiago Astrophysical Observatory (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago, or Asiago Observatory for short) is an Italian astronomical observatory (IAU code 043) owned and operated by the University of Padua. Founded in 1942, it is located on the plateau of Asiago, 90 kilometers northwest of Padua, near the town of Asiago.
Galileo was successfully deployed at 00:15 UTC on October 19. [16] Following the IUS burn, the Galileo spacecraft adopted its configuration for solo flight, and separated from the IUS at 01:06:53 UTC on October 19. [22] The launch was perfect, and Galileo was soon headed towards Venus at over 14,000 km/h (9,000 mph). [23]
Lick Observatory is the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. [1] The observatory, in a Classical Revival style structure, was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick of $700,000, equivalent to $23,737,778 in 2023.
Tests in February 2014 found that for Galileo's search and rescue function, operating as part of the existing International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, 77% of simulated distress locations can be pinpointed within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), and 95% within 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). [123] The Galileo Return Link Service (RLS) went live in January 2020 for ...
The observatory was conceived and founded by George Ellery Hale, who had previously built the 1 meter telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, then the world's largest telescope. The Mount Wilson Solar Observatory was first funded by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1904, leasing the land from the owners of the Mount Wilson Hotel in 1904 ...