first daguerreotype of a star
- Pinehurst, Seattle (Wikipedia)
Pinehurst is a neighborhood in the Northgate area of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is bounded by NE 145th Street to the north, NE Northgate Way to the south, I-5 to the west, and Lake City Way to the east. These boundaries were determined by the Pinehurst Community Council. Pinehurst’s northern boundary of NE 145th Street makes Pinehurst one of the northernmost neighborhoods in the city of Seattle.
- Vega (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
VEGA (Alpha Lyrae). One of the most famed stars of the sky, Vega is the luminary of the exquisite constellation Lyra, the Lyre, which represents the harp of the great mythical musician Orpheus.
- Vega (Wikipedia)
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only 25 light-years (7.7 parsecs) from the Sun, and one of the most luminous stars in the Sun’s neighborhood. It is the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, and the second-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus.
