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These names of stars that have either been approved by the International Astronomical Union or which have been in somewhat recent use. IAU approval comes mostly from its Working Group on Star Names, which has been publishing a "List of IAU-approved Star Names" since 2016. As of April 2022, the list included a total of 451 proper names of stars.
Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 American psychological drama directed by Noah Hawley in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Hawley, Brian C. Brown, and Elliott DiGuiseppi. The film stars Natalie Portman as astronaut Lucy Cola, loosely based on the life of real-life NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. [4]
Second brightest star in the night sky. Gacrux (γ Crucis) 73 [98] L/T eff: Twenty-sixth brightest star in the night sky. Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) 46.27 ± 0.42 [99] AD The current star in the North Pole. It is a Classical Cepheid variable, and the brightest example of its class. Aldebaran (α Tauri) 45.1 ± 0.1 [100] AD Fourteenth brightest ...
Eye in the Sky grossed $6.6 million in the UK, [24] $18.7 million in the US and Canada, [25] and $32.8 million worldwide. The film grossed $113,803 in the US on its opening weekend of 11–13 March 2016 from five screens, an average of $22,761 per screen. In its wide release, the film grossed $4 million, finishing ninth at the box office.
All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...
Stars in the night sky. The first star catalogue in Greek astronomy was created by Aristillus in approximately 300 BC, with the help of Timocharis. [10] The star catalog of Hipparchus (2nd century BC) included 1,020 stars, and was used to assemble Ptolemy's star catalogue. [11] Hipparchus is known for the discovery of the first recorded nova ...
Castle in the Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ, Hepburn: Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta), also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by the Toei Company.
Sky is a 2015 English-language French-German drama film written and directed by Fabienne Berthaud. It stars Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche, Lena Dunham, Q'orianka Kilcher and Lou Diamond Phillips. It was shown in the Platform section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [1]