- Most of the huge old growth western red-cedars fell victim to loggers’ saws long ago; cedar wood was also much prized by Native Americans for its durability and resistance to insect damage. This forested slope at the northern tip of the Bear River Ridge in the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge protects a handful of the remaining giants, massive in girth if not height, that were spared because of deformities…
- Gamma Persei (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
GAMMA PER (Gamma Persei). The naming of stars at times seems to have little to do with their brightnesses. All the first magnitude stars, and most of the second magnitude visible from classical lands, have names (an outstanding exception being Gamma Cassiopeiae), but from there on the naming is erratic.