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Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. [ a ] It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779. [ b ] It is angularly found about midway between Albireo (Beta (β) Cygni) and Sulafat (Gamma (γ) Lyrae).
Beginning in 1907 and 1915 respectively, the St. Louis Art Museum and the St. Louis Zoo were both publicly funded by property taxes paid by residents of St. Louis City. Zoo chairman Howard Baer and his successor, Circuit Judge Thomas F. McGuire, worked with their supporters to secure the statute to establish the district. H.B. 23 authorized a ...
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. [ 3 ] Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects in 1764.
The Saint Louis Science Center, founded as a planetarium in 1963, is a collection of buildings including a science museum and planetarium in St. Louis, Missouri, on the southeastern corner of Forest Park. With over 750 exhibits in a complex of over 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2), it is among the largest of its type in the United States.
The first phase of the aquatic center is going to come in at $37.5 million and will likely open at the end of April 2026. ... While the aquatic center isn’t technically a water park, the board ...
Messier 46 or M46, also known as NGC 2437, is an open cluster of stars in the slightly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. Dreyer described it as "very bright, very rich, very large."
The cluster is located 24.59 ± 0.13 kly (7.54 ± 0.04 kpc) [9] from the Galactic Center and is following an orbit through the Milky Way galaxy with a low eccentricity of 0.03 and an orbital period of 204.2 Myr. At present it is 23 ly (7 pc) below the galactic plane, and it will cross the plane every 29.4 Myr. [1]
Aurora Trail. Last month, Aurora secured $500,000 for the Aurora Trail Phase One project through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant program. Phase One is a 2.8 ...