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Pickering's Triangle is much fainter and has no NGC number (though 6979 is occasionally used to refer to it). It was discovered photographically in 1904 by Williamina Fleming (after the New General Catalogue was published), but credit went to Edward Charles Pickering, the director of her observatory, as was the custom of the day.
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The visual portion of the Cygnus Loop is known as the Veil Nebula, also called the Cirrus Nebula or the Filamentary Nebula. Several components have separate names and identifiers, [2] [3] including the "Western Veil" or "Witch's Broom", the "Eastern Veil", and Pickering's Triangle.
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Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist [1] and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76). [2]
Samuel F. "Sam" Pickering Jr. (born September 30, 1941) is a writer and professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. [1] His unconventional teaching style was an inspiration for the character of Mr. Keating, played by Robin Williams in the film Dead Poets Society . [ 2 ]
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A lifelong resident of the Midlands, Pickering trained in classical sculpture and life drawing at Bilston and Birmingham School of Art. After graduating in 1955, he worked as a stone carver [2] on various local sites, including St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham Birmingham, and the fifteenth-century Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.