Month: December 2021

Iota Cephei (ι Cephei, ι Cep) is a star in the northern constellationCepheus. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 28.29 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] it is located about 115 light years from the Sun. The star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.5.[2] […]

The Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard (DASCH) is a project to preserve and digitize images recorded on astronomical photographic plates created before astronomy became dominated by digital imaging. It is a major project of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Over 500,000 glass plates held by the Harvard […]

The 1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fourth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker’s team, and the club’s fourteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to the finals of North American Soccer League by reaching the Soccer Bowl. They were this year’s Runners-up. Fort Lauderdale […]

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It has 105,000 residents, and is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. For other places with the same name, see Novara (disambiguation). . . . Novara . . . Novara […]

Ailey is a city in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 519. It is part of the VidaliaMicropolitan Statistical Area. This article is about the city in Georgia. For the choreographer, see Alvin Ailey. City in Georgia, United States Ailey, […]

The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century. While it has many hotels, restaurants, and businesses catering to visitors, it is best appreciated when you recall that it is […]

Sunder Sukka (Telugu: సుందర్ సుక్క; born 18 August 1978) is an Indian artist (painter) from Mahboobnagar district of Telangana State in India. He is the son of a Golla Suddula performer. Golla Suddula performance is an art form which makes people aware of the socioeconomic, political and cultural conditions with […]

Ammonium carbamate is an organic compound with the formula NH4[H2NCO2] consisting of ammoniumNH+4 and carbamateH2NCO−2. It is a white solid that is extremely soluble in water, less so in alcohol. Ammonium carbamate can be formed by the reaction of ammonia with carbon dioxide, and will slowly decompose to those gases […]

Driza-Bone, originating from the phrase “dry as a bone”, is a trade name for the company making full-length waterproof riding coats and apparel. The company was established in 1898 and is currently Australian owned and manufactures its products in Australia. The trademark of Driza-Bone was first registered in 1933. Driza-Bone […]

Frank Brian Wrathall Jnr. (born 4 October 1986 in Lancaster) is a British motor racing driver who has competed in the British Touring Car Championship. He won his first race on 21 October 2012 in the final race of the 2012 BTCC season. British motor racing driver (born 1986) Frank […]