Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
NGC 6866 is a young [5] open cluster of stars in the northern constellation Cygnus.It was discovered by German astronomer Caroline Herschel on 23 July 1783. [3] This cluster is located at an estimated distance of 4.35 ± 0.53 thousand light-years from the Sun, [2] and is circling the Galactic Center with a slight orbital eccentricity of 0.12. [7]
Messier 50 or M 50, also known as NGC 2323 or the Heart-shaped Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Monoceros. It was recorded by G. D. Cassini before 1711 and independently discovered by Charles Messier in 1772 [b] while observing Biela's Comet. It is sometimes described as a 'heart-shaped' figure or a blunt arrowhead. [3]
The 50th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 50 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America , and the Atlantic Ocean . At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 22 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 4 minutes during the winter solstice . [ 1 ]
The movie "Nashville" from the director Robert Altman filmed on location in Music City in the summer of 1974. ... was shot on location in Music City 50 years ago this summer, and opened to warm ...
Not all moviemaking happens in Hollywood. Find out where some of the world's most unforgettable films were shot, like "Saving Private Ryan" and "Star Wars."
[1] [4] That is, if a given munitions design has a CEP of 100 m, when 100 munitions are targeted at the same point, an average of 50 will fall within a circle with a radius of 100 m about that point. There are associated concepts, such as the DRMS (distance root mean square), which is the square root of the average squared distance error, a ...
In Texas, Florida, and more than a dozen other states, users who try to access the world’s largest pornography website are greeted by a surprising sight: a message on a black screen telling them ...
Hybrid Air Vehicles expressed an interest in purchasing the airship, saying they wanted to use it for cold-weather flights and other testing for the development of their proposed "Airlander 50" 50-ton cargo airship. [34] The HAV offer included the basic avionics, mooring masts and spare engines but not the specialist equipment or helium.