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2. Roanoke Star - Wikipedia

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   The star was initially intended to be lit only during Christmas seasons, but was popular enough with the citizens of Roanoke that it is illuminated every night year-round. It stands 88.5 feet (27.0 m) tall and weighs 60,000 pounds (27,000 kg), rests 846 feet (258 m) above the city of Roanoke, and is visible for 60 miles (97 km) from the air.

3. PPM Star Catalogue - Wikipedia

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   It contains precise positions and proper motions of 378,910 stars on the whole sky in the J2000/FK5 coordinate system. It is designed to represent as closely as possible the IAU (1976) coordinate system on the sky, as defined by the FK5 star catalogue. Thus, the PPM is an extension of the FK5 system to higher star densities and fainter ...

4. Gaia catalogues - Wikipedia

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   A first version was created in 2013, a more refined version in April 2014. In total, the Attitude Star Catalog contains 8,173,331 entries with information on position, proper motion and magnitude. [4] Starting with Gaia DR2, the Attitude Star Catalog was replaced with a new list generated from the Gaia Main Data Base (MDB), using the same criteria.

5. Star on the Mountain - Wikipedia

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   The Star on the Mountain is a man-made star-shaped landmark on the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, that is illuminated nightly by the El Paso Chamber.It was first lit as a Christmas decoration in 1940 and was meant as a reminder to people on both sides of the nearby Mexico–United States border that America was at peace during the holiday season.

6. NGC 2175 - Wikipedia

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   The NGC Project (working from the original descriptive notes) assigns NGC 2174 to the prominent knot at J2000 06 h 09 m 23.7 s, +20° 39′ 34″ and NGC 2175 to the entire nebula, and by extension to the star cluster. [2] Simbad uses NGC 2174 for the nebula and NGC 2175 for the star cluster. [3] [4] NGC 2175, LRGBHa image with 17" PlaneWave ...

7. Moravian star - Wikipedia

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   Moravian stars in the Striezelmarkt in Dresden A Moravian star half assembled A completed Moravian star hanging by a church. A Moravian star (German: Herrnhuter Stern) is an illuminated decoration used during the Christian liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany representing the Star of Bethlehem pointing towards the infant Jesus. [1]