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- SeaTac — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
The City of SeaTac was incorporated in 1989 and named after the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which it surrounds. Native Americans had occupied the region roughly midway between present-day Seattle and Tacoma for millennia before the arrival of the first Euro-American settlers in the mid-1850s. The area is centered on the Highline ridge separating Puget Sound and the valley of the Duwamish and Green rivers…
- Miaplacidus (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MIAPLACIDUS (Beta Carinae). In spite of intense study, some stars refuse to yield their true characters. Here is the opposite, one that seems to be about as completely understood as reasonably possible. One of the few stars of the far southern hemisphere to carry a proper name, Miaplacidus – Beta Carinae in Carina, the Keel of the Ship Argo – is also one of the brightest of the sky.
