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Astronomie, Astronomía, Astronomie, Astronomia, Astronomy, (esper.) astronomio

Blue Moon - Rose
once in a blue moon (W3)

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01 Hinweis: Bild
02 Hinweis: Bemerkung
03 Hinweis: Literatur
10 Name: --------------------------------------	Name: -----------------------------------------------------------------
11 Name: Sortier Name
12 Name: Exhibition Name
13 Name: Registration Name
14 Name: Synonyme	Blue Moon, Blå Måndag, Blue Monday, Mainzer Fastnacht, Mainzer Rad, Navo-Rose, Sissi, Sissy, Tannacht, TANnacht, TANsi, TANsi0343
15 Name: Auszeichnungen / Awards	ADR-Rose 1964
20 Genealogie: --------------------------------	Genealogie: -----------------------------------------------------------
21 Genealogie: Gattung / Sektion / Art	Teehybride, Hybrid Tea, Edelrose
22 Genealogie: Elternrosen / Herkunft / Parentage	Sämling von 'Sterling Silver' × Sämling
23 Genealogie: Kinderrosen / Nachkommen
24 Genealogie: Sports / Mutationen
25 Genealogie: Verwendung / Utilisation / Gebruik / Use	Bush
26 Genealogie: Erscheinungsjahr / DOB (Date of Birth)	1964 / 1965, introduction: 1951 - 1965
27 Genealogie: Züchter / Entdecker / Breeder / Hybridizer	Mathias Tantau, Jr., DE, 1964 / 1965
30 Blüte: -------------------------------------	Blüte: ----------------------------------------------------------------
31 Blüte: Farbe / Bloemkleur / Flower Colour	hellblau-rosa, blue, silver-lilac, light mauve, lila, Mauve blend, mid colour shade of Purple, Strong Pink
32 Blüte: Duft / Fragrance / Geurend / Scent Strength	starker fruchtiger Duft, nicht so sehr nach Rose, aber schön intensiv, Fragrant, Good or wonderful old rose scent, intense scent, moderate
33 Blüte: Eigenschaften / Flowering Habit
34 Blüte: Blütenblätter-Anzahl / Petals
35 Blüte: Form / Forme de la fleur / Bloom Shape
36 Blüte: Größe / Bloem / Bloom Size	large blooms
37 Blüte: Typ / Bloom Type
38 Blüte: Zeit / Floraison / Bloeitijd / Flowering Period
39 Blüte: Bienenfreundlichkeit
40 Pflanze: -----------------------------------	Pflanze: --------------------------------------------------------------
41 Pflanze: Blätter, Laub / Feuillage / Foliage
42 Pflanze: Dornen / Stacheln / Thornyness	Some thorns (5 / 10)
43 Pflanze: Hagebutten / Hips / Hip Colour / Hip Shape
44 Pflanze: Knospen / Buds
45 Pflanze: Stiele / Stems
50 Wuchs: -------------------------------------	Wuchs: ----------------------------------------------------------------
51 Wuchs: Form / Vorm / Growth Habit
52 Wuchs: Abstand / Dist. de plantation
53 Wuchs: Höhe / Taille / Height / Hauteur	60 - 150 cm
54 Wuchs: Weite / Width	60 cm
60 Gesundheit: --------------------------------	Gesundheit: -----------------------------------------------------------
61 Gesundheit: Bodenansprüche / Cultivation
62 Gesundheit: Bakterien, Pilze, Viren
63 Gesundheit: Tierische Schädlinge
64 Gesundheit: Hitze
65 Gesundheit: Kälte
66 Gesundheit: Nässe
67 Gesundheit: Trockenheit
68 Gesundheit: Schatten
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Blue Moon Tavern
Seattle, Washington
This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years
Bizarre Restaurants and Bars
04 Feb 2012

Blue Moon.
Once in a blue moon. Very rarely indeed.

Allersheimer Blue Moon - Holzminden

Blue Moon - Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald

Blue moon, you saw me standin' alone
Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me sayin' a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
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28.04.2009 once in a blue moon

Titel Deutschland: Blue Moon
Titel USA: Blue Moon
Genre: Drama
Farbe, Österreich, 2002
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blue moon (green moon,blue sun,green sun)

Phenomenon caused by the presence of large quantities of suspended particles in the atmosphere which selectively remove the longer lunar or solar visible wavelengths more than the blue or green wavelengths.

Traditional English Names of Full Moons, and the "Blue Moon"

Hosta Blue Moon 'Blue Moon'
Nom Latin : Hosta 'Blue Moon'

Rosier buisson à grandes fleurs x Thé moderne 'Blue Moon'

"BLUE MOON BOYS" - This Rockabilly band from Indiana named themselves after the first band Elvis put together.

Blue Moon | Blue Moon City

2012 September 01: On a Blue Moon

2010 January 02: Blue Moon Eclipse

2010 January 01: Not a Blue Moon

2004 July 31: Tonight: A Blue Moon

Explanation:

How often does a full moon occur twice in a single month? Exactly once in a Blue Moon. In fact, the modern usage of the term "Blue Moon" refers to the second Full Moon in a single month. Tonight's Blue Moon will be the first since November 2001. A Blue Moon typically occurs every few years. The reason for the rarity of the Blue Moon is that the 29.53 days between full moons is just slightly shorter than the number of days in the average month. Don't, however, expect the moon to look blue tonight! The term "Blue Moon" has recently been traced to an error in a magazine article in 1946. It is possible for the Moon to appear tinged by a blue hue, sometimes caused by fine dirt circulating in the Earth's atmosphere, possibly from a volcanic explosion. The above picture was taken not during a full moon but through a morning sky that appeared dark blue. The bright crescent is the only part directly exposed to sunlight - the rest of the Moon glows from sunlight reflected from the Earth. In this dramatic photo, however, the planet Jupiter is also visible along with its four largest moons.

July 30 1996: Tonight: A Blue Moon

blue moon

once in a blue moon

Once in a blue moon

What's a Blue Moon?
The trendy definition of "blue Moon" as the second full Moon in a month is a mistake.
July 27, 2006
by Donald W. Olson, Richard Tresch Fienberg, and Roger Sinnott

Recent decades have seen widespread popular embrace of the idea that when a calendar month contains two full Moons, the second one is called a "Blue Moon." The unusual pattern of lunar phases in early 1999 — two full Moons each in January and March, and none at all in February — triggered a groundswell of public interest. Countless newspapers and radio and TV stations ran stories about Blue Moons.

In an article entitled Once in a Blue Moon, folklorist Philip Hiscock traced the calendrical meaning of the term "Blue Moon" to the Maine Farmers' Almanac for 1937. But a page from that almanac belies the second-full-Moon-in-a-month interpretation.
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Once in a Blue Moon
August 24, 2012
by Philip Hiscock

August 31st will see the second of two full moons in the same month (the other was on the 1st in North America or on the 2nd in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia). You've probably heard the second of those full moons referred to as a "blue moon" — but you might be surprised at the origin of the phrase.

"According to old folklore," some people say, the second full Moon in a calendar month is called a "blue Moon." They go on to explain that this is the origin of the expression "once in a blue Moon." But it isn't true! The term "blue Moon" has been around a long time, well over 400 years, but its calendrical meaning has become widespread only in the last 25 years.

A Variety of Meanings
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While he was well aware of the phrase a blue moon (meaning an indeterminate but extremely long period of time), he was perplexed to discover that in the U.S. it also means "the second full moon to occur within one calendar month".
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When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - by Elvis Presley

Blue Moon - by The Marcels

Blue Moon With Heartache - by Rosanne Cash

Once In A Blue Moon - by Earl Thomas Conley

Does The Blue Moon Ever Shine On You - by Toby Keith

Once in a blue moon

Mainzer Fastnacht ® ADR-Rose 1964
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Mainz ist eine Hochburg des Karnevals; diese Rose narrt ein wenig, zählt sie doch zu "blauen" Rosen. Der Züchter Tantau wurde überredet, die deutsche Bezeichnung Mainzer Fastnacht in Sissi zu ändern, da viele Ausländer Probleme mit der Aussprache hatten; da aber Sissi im Englischen Schwächling heißt, wurde sie dort letztendlich 'Blue Moon' genannt.

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The following table lists all blue moons from 1990 to 2010 for dates in universal time. Note that because the full moon occurs at different times (and therefore potentially on different calendar days and in different calendar months) in different time zones, the occurrence of blue moons is time zone (and daylight saving time) dependent. For example, a blue moon occurs on May 31, 2007 in the Eastern Daylight Time zone, but on June 30, 2007 in universal time. Blue moons cannot occur in February, since the Moon's synodic period is 29.531 days, but February is 29 days at its longest (during a leap year).
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After several hours of searching the Internet, I came up with two explanations.

The older of these has to do with the rare occurrence of dust particles in the air and certain atmospheric conditions at night. When dust and the right conditions are present, the moon will appear blue.

The other derivation of the term, blue moon, is more recent and has to do with the appearance of two full moons in the same month. This also occurs infrequently. If you create a composite of these two explanations, you will have a good understanding of the meaning of a blue moon event.
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There is another kind of "blue moon," however. On extremely rare occasions the moon actually appears to be blue. The blue color of a true "blue moon" on these occasions is thought to be due to various dust and smoke particles suspended in the Earth's atmosphere. These "blue moons" have no connection to how many full moons there have been in that particular month, and may well not even be full moons.
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Blue Moon Cl. - Rose

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02 Hinweis: Bemerkung
03 Hinweis: Literatur
10 Name: --------------------------------------	Name: -----------------------------------------------------------------
11 Name: Sortier Name
12 Name: Exhibition Name
13 Name: Registration Name	Blue Moon, Cl.
14 Name: Synonyme	Blue Moon Cl., Blue Moon Climber, Climbing Mainzer Fastnacht, Mainzer Fastnacht, Cl., Sissi, Cl.
15 Name: Auszeichnungen / Awards	ADR-Rose, 1964
20 Genealogie: --------------------------------	Genealogie: -----------------------------------------------------------
21 Genealogie: Gattung / Sektion / Art	Hybrid Tea
22 Genealogie: Elternrosen / Herkunft / Parentage	sport of "Blue Moon", the famous rose known also as "Sissi", created in 1964 by Mathias Tantau
23 Genealogie: Kinderrosen / Nachkommen
24 Genealogie: Sports / Mutationen
25 Genealogie: Verwendung / Utilisation / Gebruik / Use	Climber
26 Genealogie: Erscheinungsjahr / DOB (Date of Birth)	1981
27 Genealogie: Züchter / Entdecker / Breeder / Hybridizer	Discovered by: Julie Jackson, AU, 1978 / Fred A. Mungia, Sr., US, 1981
30 Blüte: -------------------------------------	Blüte: ----------------------------------------------------------------
31 Blüte: Farbe / Bloemkleur / Flower Colour	Mauve, mauve blend, purple blend
32 Blüte: Duft / Fragrance / Geurend / Scent Strength	Strong fragrance, very perfumed
33 Blüte: Eigenschaften / Flowering Habit
34 Blüte: Blütenblätter-Anzahl / Petals
35 Blüte: Form / Forme de la fleur / Bloom Shape
36 Blüte: Größe / Bloem / Bloom Size
37 Blüte: Typ / Bloom Type
38 Blüte: Zeit / Floraison / Bloeitijd / Flowering Period
39 Blüte: Bienenfreundlichkeit
40 Pflanze: -----------------------------------	Pflanze: --------------------------------------------------------------
41 Pflanze: Blätter, Laub / Feuillage / Foliage
42 Pflanze: Dornen / Stacheln / Thornyness
43 Pflanze: Hagebutten / Hips / Hip Colour / Hip Shape
44 Pflanze: Knospen / Buds
45 Pflanze: Stiele / Stems
50 Wuchs: -------------------------------------	Wuchs: ----------------------------------------------------------------
51 Wuchs: Form / Vorm / Growth Habit
52 Wuchs: Abstand / Dist. de plantation
53 Wuchs: Höhe / Taille / Height / Hauteur
54 Wuchs: Weite / Width
60 Gesundheit: --------------------------------	Gesundheit: -----------------------------------------------------------
61 Gesundheit: Bodenansprüche / Cultivation
62 Gesundheit: Bakterien, Pilze, Viren
63 Gesundheit: Tierische Schädlinge
64 Gesundheit: Hitze
65 Gesundheit: Kälte
66 Gesundheit: Nässe
67 Gesundheit: Trockenheit
68 Gesundheit: Schatten
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Coral Galaxy - Rose

Cosmos - Rose

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Les mots soleil, terre et lune s'écrivent avec une majuscule lorsqu'ils désignent l'astre, la planète ou le satellite lui-même, notamment dans les textes scientifiques. Mais ils s’écrivent avec une minuscule dans les autres cas, c’est-à-dire dans la langue courante. Le même raisonnement s’applique aux noms univers et cosmos : ils prennent une majuscule en astronomie, mais une minuscule au sens courant.
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Cosmea, Kosmea, Kosmee, Schmuckkörbchen (Cosmos bipinnatus, syn. Bidens formosa)
Familie: Asteraceae (Korbblütler) > Arten-Anzahl der Gattung Cosmos > weltweit: 25

Cosmos (et chaos)
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Pour dire cela, Pythagore inventa le mot "cosmos" (mot gr. "ordre"), "Le bon ordre et la beauté".
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Eine interaktive Erlebnisreise in die Welten des Mikro- und Nanokosmos.
A virtual discovery journey into the worlds of micro- and nano-cosmos.

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• Cosmos ™ I, Pluton ™, Poulcy007, POUlyc007, Olesen (DK) 1994 / Poulsen 2002 Kletterrose, rosa, Wildrosenduft
• Cosmos II, Comsan, Combe /Meilland (FR) 1995 Teehybride weiß kein Duft

Crescent
Croissant
crescentic (W3)

Herkunft des Namens: Von Astronauten benannte Struktur

crescent
1399, from Anglo-Fr. "cressaunt", from O.Fr. "creissant", from L. "crescentum" (nom. "crescens"), pp. of "crescere" = "come forth", "spring up", "grow", "thrive," from PIE base "*ker-" = "to grow" (cf. L. "Ceres" = "goddess of agriculture", "creare" = "to bring forth", "create", "produce"; Gk. "kouros" = "boy", "kore" = "girl"; Arm. "serem" = "bring forth", "serim" = "be born").

First applied to the waxing moon, "luna crescens", but subsequently mistaken to mean the shape, not the stage.

A badge or emblem of the Turkish sultans (probably chosen for its suggestion of "increase"); figurative sense of "Muslim political power" is from 1589, but modern writers often falsely associate it with the Saracens of the Crusades or the Moors of Spain. Horns of the waxing moon are on the viewer's left side; those of the waning moon are on his right. "Croissant" is the modern Fr. form of the word. The original L. sense is preserved in "crescendo", borrowed 1776 as a musical phrase from It., from L. "crescendo", abl. of gerund of "crescere".

Als Name steht engl. "Crescent" für "one who creates", also etwa für "Kreativer".

crescent moon (W3)

cynosure, hound, canis, canine, Canary Islands, *kwon-, *ors-, arse, ass, Arsch (W3)

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comprising "kuon", "kynos" = "dog" + "oura" = "tail". The Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root "*kwon-", from which "kuon" derives, also gave rise to English "hound" (Anm.: und damit auch für dt. "Hund") and Latin "canis" = "dog". Latin "canis", in turn, is the source of English "canine" and the "Canary" in "Canary Islands". The name of these islands was originally Latin "Canariae Insulae" = "Islands of Dogs" and English simply adapted the spelling in borrowing it.

We must be careful with the PIE root "*ors-" = "tail" which produced the second constituent in Greek. In English it became the naughty word for the human rear end; the British pronunciation even remains close to the original. The roots of today's Good Word reveal an impressive historical span from the profane to the celestial.
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• ital. "canaglia" = "Schurke", "Kanaille", eigentlich "Hundepack"
• engl., frz. "canaille" = dt. "Kanaille" = "Pöbel", "Gesindel", eigentlich "Hundepack"
• engl. "canary" = "Kanarienvogel", der Vogel von den "Kanarischen Inseln"
• engl. "canicular" = "hochsommerlich", "canicular days" = "Hundstage", weil die Sonne im Sternbild des "Großen Hundes" steht
• engl. "canine" = "hündisch", "canine tooth" = "Eckzahn", eigentlich "Hundezahn"
• lat. "canis" = "dog" = "Hund"
• frz. "chenille" = "Raupe", "Raupenfahrzeug", von lat. "canicula" = "Hündchen"
• dt. "Chenille" = "Garn, dessen Fasern in dichten Büscheln seitlich vom Faden abstehen", eine Anspielung auf das Aussehen von frz. "chenille" = "Raupe", die jedoch genaugenommen ein "Hündchen" ist (Wie das "Hündchen" zur "Raupe" wurde bleibt mir allerdings noch ein Rätsel.)
• engl. "corgi", "corgy", from Welsh "ci" = "dog", "Welsh Corgi" = "Zwergschäferhund" (walisische Hunderasse)
• engl. "cynic" = "Zyniker", wörtlich "hündisch", bildlich "bissiger Spötter" (Der Werdehang des "Zynikers" verläuft über frz. "cynique", lat. "cynicus", griech. "kynikós" (= "hündisch") = "zur Philosophenschule der Kyniker gehörend" bis "kýon" = "Hund"
• engl. "cynosure" = "Anziehungspunkt" (siehe oben)
• Greek "kun" = "dog"
• engl. "hound" = "Hund"
• dt. "Hund"
• engl. "keeshond" = "Gletscherhund", from Middle Dutch "hond", ahd. "ches" = "Eis", "Frost"
• engl. "kennel" = "Hundehütte", von lat. "canis" = "Hund"
• lat. "Procyon" = Sternbild "Kleiner Hund", auch "Waschbär"
• engl. "quinsy" = "Mandelentzündung" (Zusammenhang unklar)

decrescent (W3)

decrescent, as opposite of crescent: mnemonic

empyrean (W3)

empyrean: the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky.

Fireball - Rose

Fireball
fireballer (W3)

"Fireball": A charge resembling the ancient war instrument of that name, which was an oval-shaped projectile made of canvas and filled with combustible composition.

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A fireball is a large ball of fire, usually caused by an explosion. If someone is described as a fireball, they have a lot of energy or a hot temper:
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"fireball" = "Feuerkugel", "Feuerball"
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"fireball" = "Energiebündel"
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1957 Wesix Fireball

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Origin: 1545-55; fire + ball
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Fireball 500

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Bottle Of Wine - by The Fireballs

"fireball": an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

fireball

fireballer

fireballing

firmament
firmamentum
raqia
*dher-
*dhor- (W3)

CONFIRMACION (1268)

confirmacione, confirmacioun, confirmaciun, confirmation; confermacion, confermacioun; confiermacion

[ FEW: 2/ii,1035b confirmare; Gdf: Ø; GdfC: 9,152b confirmation; TL: 2,680 confirmacïon; DEAF: confermer (confirmacion); DMF: confirmation; TLF: confirmation; OED: confirmation n.; MED: confirmacioun n.; DMLBS: 433c confirmatio ]
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Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology

22. Hevelius, Johannes. Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia. Gdansk, 1690.

The Hevelius Firmamentum was the first star atlas to rival Bayer's Uranometria in accuracy, utility, innovation, and influence. Hevelius was perhaps the most active observational astronomer of the last half of the seventeenth century. His star atlas is notable for many reasons. It contains fifty-six large, exquisite, double-page engraved star maps. The star positions for the charts were derived from Hevelius's own star catalog, based on his own observations, which was first published along with the atlas. It is unique among the Grand Atlases in choosing to depict the constellations as they would appear on a globe, that is, from the outside looking in, rather than from a geocentric point of view, as Bayer and most others adopted. So Aquila and Antinous swoop down to the right, rather than to the left as in Bayer. A comparison of two details of Auriga from Hevelius and Bayer reveal the differences in orientation of the two atlases.

The Hevelius atlas also introduced eleven new constellations, including Scutum Sobiescanum, Canes Venatici, Leo minor, Lynx, Sextans, Lacerta (the lizard), and the fox with the goose, Vulpecula cum Anser. Four of his innovations were eventually subsumed into other constellations, but the seven just mentioned are all still in use today.

A further innovation of Hevelius was in the depiction of the southern stars. Bayer had based his southern polar map on the observations of Keyser and Houtman, and although the star positions were very inaccurate, no one had improved upon them in the succeeding century. However, in 1676 Edmond Halley had journeyed to "St. Helena" in the South Atlantic and had observed the positions of 341 southern stars, and a catalog and map were published in 1679. However, the new positions first became widely known when Hevelius used Halley's chart as the basis for his own southern map. A comparison of corresponding details of the Bayer and Hevelius southern maps shows the improvement.

There were four atlases that were directly inspired by Hevelius:

• •Rost, Johann. Atlas portatalis coelestis. Nuremberg, 1723.
• •Thomas, Corbinianus. Mercurii philosophici firmamentum firmianum. Frankfurt/Leipzig, 1730.
• •Semler, Christoph. Coelum stellatum. Magdeburg, 1731.
• •Doppelmayr, Johann. Atlas coelestis. Nuremberg, 1742.

You may go directly to any of these atlases, or click on the Next button to visit them in order.

24. Thomas, Corbinianus. Mercurii philosophici firmamentum firmianum. Frankfurt/Leipzig, 1730.

Little is known about Corbinianus Thomas, a Benedictine monk at Salzburg, but his Firmamentum is one of the unsung treasures of celestial cartography. It contains 54 modestly-sized etchings of individual constellations, but the small plates exude considerable charm. The plate of Andromeda is the most successful, with the billowy Baroque drapery interacting dramatically with the differently shaded rock behind. Some of his other constellation figures are also quite unusual. His Capricorn is severely truncated, indicating in a striking visual fashion that Capricorn is sandwiched in the sky between Sagitarius and Aquarius. Thomas also banded the region of the zodiac, which is quite an improvement over the uniform darkening of Bayer.

Thomas was one of the first celestial cartographers to devote a separate plate to Camelopardalis, a constellation that first appeared on globes around 1600, but which usually in star atlases had to share billing with Cepheus or Cassiopeia. And Thomas was the first cartographer to provide individual plates for some of the southern constellations, such as Indus and Pavo which customarily were shown only as a small part of a single plate or planisphere centered on the south celestial pole.

As we see in a detail of Andromeda on the right, Thomas used an interesting nomenclature system: Bayer Greek letter, Roman numeral for magnitude, and Arabic numeral for reference to a star catalog. This system originated on the large globes of Coronelli, as indeed did many of Thomas's figures.

Thomas did invent one new constellation of his own, Corona Firmiana, to honor his patron, the archbishop of Salzburg, but it was never used again. Nor, alas, was most of the rest of Thomas' charming atlas.

Firmament
by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis
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Galaxy - Rose

galaxy (W3)

California Institute of Technology: Galaxy Images

Galaxies

• Type: Spiral | Barred | Lenticular | Elliptical | Ring | Irregular | Interacting | Gravitationally Lensed
• Size: Giant | Dwarf
• Activity: Normal | AGN | Starburst | Ultraluminous
• Component: Bulge | Bar | Disk | Halo | Ring | Central Black Hole | Spiral Arm | Dust Lane | Center/Core
• Grouping: Pair | Multiple | Cluster | Supercluster

The Stamp Collector's Guide to the Galaxy

Getty Thesaurus og Geographic Names Online Hierarchy Display

• Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root)
• .... Extraterrestrial Places (facet)
• ........ Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy)

• Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root)
• .... Extraterrestrial Places (facet)
• ........ Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy)
• ............ Solar System (solar system)

THE GALAXY PRIMES
By E. E. SMITH

They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the Cosmos to find their way back to earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered. Here is E. E. Smith's great new novel....
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• The Galaxy, April, 1877 - Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. (English) (as Author)
• The Galaxy, June 1877 - Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. (English) (as Author)
• The Galaxy, May, 1877 - Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. (English) (as Author)
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A History of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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• 1. Introduction to The 42 Things You Should Know About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• 2. The Radio Series
• 3. The Book
• 4. The TV Show
• 5. The Movie
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Galaxy: Cluster | Dwarf | Elliptical | Interacting | Irregular | Magellanic Cloud | Milky Way Center | Quasar/Active Nucleus | Spiral

• M31 Die Andromeda Galaxie Spiralgalaxie in Andromeda
• M32 Satelliten Galaxie von M31 elliptische Galaxie in Andromeda
• M33 Die Triangulum Galaxie (also Pinwheel) Spiralgalaxie im Dreieck
• M49 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M51 Die Whirlpool Galaxie in den Jagdhunden
• M58 Spiralgalaxie in der Jungfrau
• M59 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M60 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M61 Spiralgalaxie in der Jungfrau
• M63 Sunflower Galaxie Spiralgalaxie in den Jagdhunden
• M64 Blackeye Galaxie Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M65 Spiralgalaxie im Löwen
• M66 Spiralgalaxie im Löwen
• M74 Spiralgalaxie in den Fischen
• M77 Spiralgalaxie im Wal
• M81 Bode's Galaxie (Nebel) Spiralgalaxie im Großen Bären
• M82 irreguläre Galaxie im Großen Bären
• M83 Spiralgalaxie in der südl. Waaserschlange
• M84 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M85 elliptische Galaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M86 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M87 Virgo A elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M88 Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M89 elliptische Galaxie in der Jungfrau
• M90 Spiralgalaxie in der Jungfrau
• M91 Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M94 Spiralgalaxie in den Jagdhunden
• M95 Spiralgalaxie im Löwen
• M96 Spiralgalaxie im Löwen
• M98 Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M99 Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M100 Spiralgalaxie im Haar der Berenika
• M101 Die Pinwheel Galaxie Spiralgalaxie im Großen Bären
• M104 Die Sombrero Galaxie Spiralgalaxie in der Jungfrau
• M105 elliptische Galaxie im Löwen
• M106 Spiralgalaxie in den Jagdhunden
• M108 Spiralgalaxie im Großen Bären
• M109 Spiralgalaxie im Großen Bären
• M110 Satelliten Galaxie von M31 elliptische Galaxie in Andromeda

• GalaxSea 2002 Jena (TH) in Nutzung
• Galaxy International Plaza 2005 Nanjing in Nutzung
• Galaxy Theatre Saskatoon (SK) in Nutzung
• Galaxy21 2002 Wien in Nutzung

• Hoag's Object (Ring Galaxy)
• Through gas and dust - The IC 342 Galaxy
• Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 1300)
• Bode's Galaxy (M81)
• Hubble's Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
• Coma Cluster of Galaxies (Hubble)
• Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6050
• Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 3690
• Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6670
• Hubble Interacting Galaxy Arp 148
• Hubble Interacting Galaxy UGC 8335
• Mysterious Galaxy
• Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
• The Perseus Galaxy Cluster (Abell426)
• Silverado Galaxy (NGC 3370)
• Comet 8P/Tuttle flying by M33 galaxy
• 'Death Star' Galaxy Black Hole
• Tadpole Galaxy by Hubble
• Spiral Galaxy M74 by Hubble Telescope
• Mice Galaxies
• Andromeda Galaxy
• Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
• Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038), Hubble
• The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
• Coma Cluster of Galaxies (Abell 1656)
• Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), Hubble Telescope
• Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M81

Word Unit: galacto-, galact-, -galaxy (Greek: milk).

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Golden Galaxy - Rose

increscent (W3)

ISS (W3)

Jeans (W3)

Little Fireball - Rose

Milky Way, lactose, lettuce, galactagogue (W3)

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• ............ Solar System (solar system)

The Milky Way Galaxy

Rosa Sport von Fireball - Rose

Rosa Sport von Fireball (Rosarium Sangerhausen entstanden 1993)

satellite, Satellit (W3)

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In analysing the use of force against satellites a fundamental irony of linguistics appears. The etymology of the word "satellite" shows the Latin origin of the word, namely satellitis, which in its incipient use in antiquity meant "garde du corps" or "bodyguard". The use of this word to describe an object orbiting much larger objects is in fact quite poetic, invoking images of protection and security. With the evolution of scientific paradigms permeating the vocabulary of our epoch, the original meaning was lost and the word developed a more scientific connotation. Meanwhile, and herein lies the beauty of the analogy, the use of "satellites" in fact became more akin to that of a bodyguard as artificial satellites developed an important role in the national security of states. This paper will analyse the legality of the application of force against these orbiting bodyguards. The legality of the use of force will be evaluated by applying the Law of Armed Conflicts (LOAC) to the use of anti-satellite weapons (ASAT).
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Solstice (W3)

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Word History: Today's Good Word was borrowed via Old French from Latin "solstitium", comprising two words: "sol" "sun" + "stitium" "stoppage" from "sistere" "come to a halt", "stop". The implication of the Latin word is "the time when the sun stands still". The oldest form of "sol" seems to have been something like "sawel-en", for it turns up with the "L" in Latin, an "N" in German ("Sonne") and English, and both in Russian: "soln-ce" (the "-ce" suffix is an affectionate ending). The Latin stem turns up in many English borrowings like "parasol" (Italian "for the sun"), semantically related to "umbrella" from Latin "umbra" "shade". Both were originally for protection from the "sun", not rain.

"SOLSTICE" (Lat. "solstitium", from "sol", "sun", and "sistere", "to stand still"), in astronomy either of the two points at which the sun reaches its greatest declination north or south. Each solstice is upon the ecliptic midway between the equinoxes, and therefore go from each. The term is also applied to the moment at which the sun reaches the point thus defined.

"solstice"

NOUN:

• 1. Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator. The "summer solstice" in the Northern Hemisphere occurs about June 21, when the sun is in the zenith at the tropic of Cancer; the "winter solstice" occurs about December 21, when the sun is over the tropic of Capricorn. The "summer solstice" is the longest day of the year and the "winter solstice" is the shortest.
• 2. A highest point or culmination.

ETYMOLOGY:

Middle English, from Old French, from Latin "solstitium": "sol", "sun"; see "sawel-" in Appendix I + "-stitium", a stoppage; see "sta-" in Appendix I.

OTHER FORMS:

"solstitial" - ADJECTIVE

Caesarea, Israel
Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum
An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Pamashto, Peru
Ceremonial Center of Pamashto
A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

Alacant, Spain
Hogueras de Alicante (Bonfires of Alicante)
A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Qrendi, Malta
Mnajdra
Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice

Solstice Halos

Oenothera fruticosa ( Summer Solstice Sundrops )

Rhododendron ( Solstice Satsuki Hybrid Azalea )

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Manhattan Solstice (Manhattanhenge or Sensational Sunset)

The "Manhattan Solstice" is when the sun is in perfect alignment with Manhattan's "grid" street pattern. You can stand on any street that runs perfectly east-west and see a magnificent sunset!
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• "bruma", ae, f. : - 1 - "solstice d'hiver". - 2 - "l'hiver". - 3 - "année".
• "brumalis", e : du "solstice d'hiver", "d'hiver".
• "coluri", orum, m. : les colures, deux grands cercles, qui coupent l'équateur et le zodiaque en deux parties égales et qui marquent, l'un les solstices, l'autre les équinoxes.
• "solstitialis", e : du "solstice d'été", "de l'été", "du soleil", "annuel"
• "solstitium", ii, n : "solstice"

English words derived from Latin words: lat. "sol":

engl. "parasol", "solar", "solstice"

English words derived from Latin words: lat. "sto":

engl. "armistice", "arrest", "assist", "assistance", "assistant", "circumstance", "circumstantial", "coexist", "consist", "consistence", "consistency", "consistent", "consistently", "consistory", "constable", "constancy", "constant", "constantly", "constituency", "constituent", "constitute", "constitution", "constitutional", "constitutionality", "contrast", "cost", "costliness", "costly", "desist", "destination", "destine", "destiny", "destitute", "destitution", "distance", "distant", "distantly", "equidistant", "establish", "establishment", "estate", "exist", "existence", "extant", "inconsistency", "inconsistent", "inconstancy", "inconstant", "insist", "insistence", "insistent", "insistently", "instability", "instance", "instant", "instantaneous", "instantaneously", "instanttly", "institute", "institution", "insubstantial", "interstate", "interstice", "irresistible", "irresistibly", "nonexistent", "obstacle", "obstetrice", "obstinacy", "obstinate", "obstinately", "persist", "persistence", "persistency", "persistent", "persistently", "predestinate", "predestination", "predestine", "pre-exist", "pre-existent", "prostitute", "prostitution", "reconstitute", "re-establish", "reinstate", "resist", "resistance", "resistant", "resistless", "rest", "restitution", "restive", "solstice", "stability", "stabilization", "stabilize", "stable", "stage", "stagecoach", "staging", "staid (adj.)", "staminate", "stance", "stanchion", "stanza", "state", "statehouse", "stateliness", "stately", "statement", "stateroom", "statesman", "statement", "stateroom", "statesman", "statesmanlike", "statesmanship", "station", "stationary", "stationer", "stationery", "statist", "statistical", "statistician", "statistics", "statuary", "stay", "subsist", "subsistence", "substance", "substantial", "substantially", "substantive", "substitute", "substitution", "superstition", "superstitious", "transubstantiation", "unassisted", "unconstitutional", "unstable", "unsubstantial"

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"Solstice" (ultimately from the Latin word "solstitium", meaning, literally "sun standing") and "equinox" (from the Latin term "aequinoctium", a combination of the terms for "equal" and "night") refer to the times of the year when, respectively, daylight is shortest and day and night are of equal length.
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The adjective "equinoctial" (or "equinoctal") refers literally to the first day of spring and fall and has no established figurative meaning. (The first variant is also used as a noun synonymous with equator or referring to a storm during the equinoctial period.)

There is no adjectival form of "solstice", which corresponds to the onset of summer and winter.
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6. Saturn

The Roman god said to have been the father of Jupiter was associated with traits opposite to those of the scion who usurped his rule; a "saturnine" person is gloomy, sardonic, and surly, as opposed to the jovial type, though the adjective also has the neutral sense of "sluggish" and "serious". This temperament was said in the Middle Ages to be the influence of the planet farthest from the Sun (or the one believed at the time to be the most remote) and the slowest.

But the god was also identified with justice and strength, as well as with agriculture, and later was celebrated in the weeklong "winter-solstice feast" known as the "Saturnalia", when the rules of moral conduct and social status were suspended. That name, with the initial letter lowercased, now refers to any unrestrained merrymaking.
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Yule was an ancient Germanic "solstice" celebration that began on or around December 25. The Yule log was burned on the family hearth. A portion of it was saved, kept in the house all year, and used to light the next year’s Yule log. It was a token of prosperity for the household.
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Troll the ancient Yuletide carols …

"troll" (v) "to sing in a full, rolling voice"; c. 1575. The word derives for a hunting term meaning "to look for game in a wandering fashion". "Yuletide" is used now as a synonym for the Christmas season in general. In a more narrow sense it can refer to the "12 days of Christmas," usually counted from Christmas on December 25 to the arrival of the Three Kings on January 6 (Epiphany). Before the arrival of Christianity, Germanic pagans, including the ancestors of English Christians, celebrated the "Winter Solstice" as Yule. The Yule log represented the renewal of the sun. The suffix "-tide" in "Yuletide" is from O.E. "tid", "point or portion of time", "due time", The "tide" that ebbs and flows is from the same word. When the word "carol" entered English about 1300, it referred to a dance. The meaning of "carol" as "Christmas hymn" dates from 1502. Could be there was singing along with the dancing and the dancing part dropped out.
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Definition of "summer solstice": Longest day of the year; when the most minutes of daylight occurs. It marks the beginning of summer.

Definition of "winter solstice": Shortest day of the year; when the fewest minutes of daylight occurs. It marks the beginning of winter.

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When Does Summer Really End?
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The year is divided into the four seasons based on the two equinoxes and the two solstices. The summer and winter solstices, which typically land around June 21 and December 22, mark the shortest and the longest days of the year. The autumnal and vernal equinoxes, which fall around September 23 and March 21, mark the points in the year when the day and the night are of equal lengths. Hence the word equinox, from the Latin roots meaning “equal night.” Astronomically speaking, these four solar events mark the middle of the seasons rather than their beginning and ending, but we separate the year into meteorological seasons which reflect the average temperature patterns and climate.

Just as the summer solstice tends to fall a little ways into summer vacation, the autumnal equinox typically falls at the end of September, a few weeks into the school year and well after the Dog Days, the hottest period of the summer.
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Origin of solstice

1200–50; - Middle English - Old French - Latin "solstitium", equivalent to "sol" "sun" + "-stit-", combining form of "stat-", variant stem of "sistere" "to make stand" (see "stand") + "-ium" "-ium"; see "-ice")
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summer solstice

winter solstice

What Does “Solstice” Mean?

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the calendar year and the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. But what does the word solstice mean, and what does it have to do with Shakespeare?

The term solstice is derived from the Latin scientific term solstitium. Containing the Latin sol– meaning “the sun” and sistere meaning “to make stand.” Today the term solstice is used to describe the exact moment when the sun reaches its northernmost point (around June 21) or southernmost point (around December 22) from the earth’s equator.
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September’s Autumnal Equinox and How a “Solstice” is Different
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What Does “Winter Solstice” Mean?

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September’s Autumnal Equinox and How a “Solstice” is Different

The onset of autumn differs depending on whom you ask. For some, Labor Day marks the shift of seasons. For others, it’s when the dramatic harvest moon rises on the horizon. But traditionally, fall begins promptly with the autumn equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year. The vernal equinox happens around March 21, when the sun moves north across the celestial equator. The autumnal equinox …

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solstice (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French "solstice" (13c.), from Latin "solstitium" "point at which the sun seems to stand still", especially the "summer solstice", from "sol" "the sun" (from PIE root "*sawel-" "the sun") + past participle stem of "sistere" "stand still", "take a stand"; "to set", "place", "cause to stand", from PIE "*si-st-", reduplicated form of root "*sta-" "to stand", "make or be firm". In early use, Englished as "sunstead" (late Old English "sunstede").

"*sawel-", "*sawel-" :

"*sawel-", Proto-Indo-European root meaning "the sun". According to Watkins, the "*-el-" in it originally was a suffix, and there was an alternative form "*s(u)wen-", with suffix "*-en-", hence the two forms represented by Latin "sol", English "sun".

It forms all or part of: "anthelion"; "aphelion"; "girasole"; "heliacal"; "helio-"; "heliotrope"; "helium"; "insolate"; "insolation"; "parasol"; "parhelion"; "perihelion"; "Sol"; "solar"; "solarium"; "solstice"; "south"; "southern"; "sun"; "Sunday".

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit "suryah", Avestan "hvar" "sun, light, heavens"; Greek "helios"; Latin "sol" "the sun, sunlight"; Lithuanian "saule", Old Church Slavonic "slunice"; Gothic "sauil", Old English "sol" "sun"; Old English "swegl" "sky, heavens, the sun"; Welsh "haul", Old Cornish "heuul", Breton "heol" "sun"; Old Irish "suil" "eye"; Avestan "xueng" "sun"; Old Irish "fur-sunnud" "lighting up"; Old English "sunne" German "Sonne", Gothic "sunno" "the sun".

"*sta-", "*sta-" :

"*sta-", Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm", with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing".

It forms all or part of: "Afghanistan"; "Anastasia"; "apostasy"; "apostate"; "armistice"; "arrest"; "assist"; "astatic"; "astatine"; "Baluchistan"; "bedstead"; "circumstance"; "consist"; "constable"; "constant"; "constitute"; "contrast"; "cost"; "desist"; "destination"; "destine"; "destitute"; "diastase"; "distance"; "distant"; "ecstasy"; "epistasis"; "epistemology"; "establish"; "estaminet"; "estate"; "etagere"; "existence"; "extant"; "Hindustan"; "histidine"; "histo-"; "histogram"; "histology"; "histone"; "hypostasis"; "insist"; "instant"; "instauration"; "institute"; "interstice"; "isostasy"; "isostatic"; "Kazakhstan"; "metastasis"; "obstacle"; "obstetric"; "obstinate"; "oust"; "Pakistan"; "peristyle"; "persist"; "post" (n.1) "timber set upright"; "press" (v.2) "force into service"; "presto"; "prostate"; "prostitute"; "resist"; "rest" (v.2) "to be left, remain"; "restitution"; "restive"; "restore"; "shtetl"; "solstice"; "stable" (adj.) "secure against falling"; "stable" (n.) "building for domestic animals"; "stage"; "stalag"; "stale"; "stall" (n.1) "place in a stable for animals"; "stalwart"; "stamen"; "-stan"; "stance"; "stanchion"; "stand"; "standard"; "stanza"; "stapes"; "starboard"; "stare decisis"; "stasis"; "-stat"; "stat"; "state" (n.1) "circumstances, conditions"; "stater"; "static"; "station"; "statistics"; "stator"; "statue"; "stature"; "status"; "statute"; "staunch"; (adj.) "strong, substantial"; "stay" (v.1) "come to a halt, remain in place"; "stay" (n.2) "strong rope which supports a ship's mast"; "stead"; "steed"; "steer" (n.) "male beef cattle"; "steer" (v.) "guide the course of a vehicle"; "stem" (n.) "trunk of a plant"; "stern" (n.) "hind part of a ship"; "stet"; "stoa"; "stoic"; "stool"; "store"; "stound"; "stow"; "stud" (n.1) "nailhead, knob"; "stud" (n.2) "horse kept for breeding"; "stylite"; "subsist"; "substance"; "substitute"; "substitution"; "superstition"; "system"; "Taurus"; "understand".

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit "tisthati" "stands"; Avestan "histaiti" "to stand"; Persian "-stan" "country", literally "where one stands"; Greek "histemi" "put, place, cause to stand; weigh", "stasis" "a standing still", "statos" "placed", "stylos" "pillar"; Latin "sistere" "stand still, stop, make stand, place, produce in court", "status" "manner, position, condition, attitude", "stare" "to stand", "statio" "station, post"; Lithuanian "stojuos" "I place myself", "statau" "I place"; Old Church Slavonic "staja" "place myself", "stanu" "position"; Gothic "standan", Old English "standan" "to stand", "stede" "place"; Old Norse "steði" "anvil", "stallr" "pedestal for idols, altar"; German "Stall" "a stable"; Old Irish "sessam" "the act of standing".

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"-ice" (page 2)

"sol-", "soli-", "solo-" + (page 6)

"stato-", "stat-", "sta-", "-static", "-stasi", "staso-", "-stasis", "-stasia", "-stacy", "-stitute", "-stitution", "-sist" (page 16)

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Today marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year for the southern hemisphere. The "summer solstice" is named for the brief time when the sun appears to pause its movement across the sky. At that moment, the tilt and rotation of the earth shifts our view of the sun’s direction from northward to southward, causing it to hang momentarily suspended. Doodler Nate Swinehart created a family of anthropomorphized rocks to commemorate the change of season. Enjoy the peak of summer in the southern hemisphere with today’s Doodle!

Manhattanhenge Today
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Besides it being the start of the summer, today is very special: The sun will set in the centerline of every NYC street (photobloggers, get ready!). American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson desrcribes this phenomenon beautifully in the Natural History Magazine, explaining that like Stonehenge where the sun sets in alignment with stones during the "summer solstice", Manhattan has two "special" days where the sun sets between buildings - May 28 and July 12:
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• 2016 June 23: Solstice Dawn and Full Moonset
• 2016 June 20: Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge
• 2016 March 26: Solstice to Equinox Cubed
• 2015 December 31: Solstice Sun at Lulworth Cove
• 2015 December 22: Solstice Illuminated: A Year of Sky
• 2014 December 21: Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky
• 2013 June 21: A Solstice Sunset Self Portrait
• 2012 September 23: Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice
• 2012 June 26: A Sundial that Shows Solstice
• 2010 December 23: The Solstice Moon's Eclipse
• 2010 December 21: Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky
• 2010 December 20: A Lunar Eclipse on Solstice Day
• 2010 June 21: Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge
• 2009 June 26: Solstice to Solstice Solargraph
• 2008 December 20: Solstice at Newgrange
• 2008 September 22: Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice
• 2008 June 20: Solstice Moonrise, Cape Sounion
• 2007 December 22: Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky
• 2007 June 21: Stars and the Solstice Sun
• 2006 June 21: Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge
• 2004 June 20: Solstice Celebration
• 2002 December 21: Solstice Celebration
• 2002 January 14: Sun Halo at Winter Solstice
• 2000 December 21: Solstice And Season's Eclipse
• 2000 June 21: Solstice Celebration
• December 21 1998: Solstice Sun In Soft X-rays
• December 21 1997: A Winter Solstice
• December 21 1996: Sun and Winter Solstice 1996

Solstice Moonrise, Cape Sounion

Explanation: Today's "solstice" marks the northernmost point of the Sun's annual motion through planet Earth's sky and the astronomical beginning of the northern hemisphere's summer. But only two days ago, the Full Moon nearest the "solstice" rose close to the ecliptic plane opposite the Sun, near its southernmost point for the year. Astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis recorded this dramatic picture of the "solstice" Full Moon rising above Cape Sounion, Greece. The twenty-four hundred year old Temple of Poseidon lies in the foreground, also visible to sailors on the Aegean Sea. In this well-planned single exposure, a telescopic lens makes the Moon loom large, but even without optical aid casual skygazers often find the Full Moon looking astonishingly large when seen near the horizon. That powerful visual effect is known as the Moon Illusion.

Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge

Explanation: Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, the date traditionally marks a change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The above image was taken during the week of the 2008 summer solstice at Stonehenge in United Kingdom, and captures a picturesque sunrise involving fog, trees, clouds, stones placed about 4,500 years ago, and a 5 billion year old large glowing orb. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to rise over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way.

Earth's Seasons and Apsides

Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,and Aphelion

You can obtain the dates of the seasons (equinoxes and solstices) and apsides (perihelion and aphelion) of the orbit of the Earth by typing the year (1700-2100) in the space below and clicking on the "Find dates" button.

Use Form A for Universal Time, or time zones in the U.S. or its territories. Use Form B for all other time zones. Both forms are immediately below.

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Equinox and Solstice

In particular (drawing above), the angle between the Earth's axis and the Earth-Sun line changes throughout the year. Twice a year, at the spring and fall equinox (around March 21 and September 22 - the exact date may vary a bit) the two directions are perpendicular.

Twice a year, the angle is as big as it can get, at the summer and winter solstices, when it reaches 23.5 degrees. In the summer solstice (around June 21) the north pole is inclined towards the Sun, in the winter solstice (around December 21) it faces away from it.

Let us look at the summer solstice first, with the Sun on the left.
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solstice - midsummer, midwinter

A "solstice" is an event in which a planet’s poles are most extremely inclined toward or away from the star it orbits. Here, the Southern Hemisphere gets the maximum intensity of the Sun's rays during the December solstice.
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Solstice Solar Radiation

How do the solstices reflect changes in sunlight?
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Manhattan solstice
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A view of the sunset down 34th Street in Manhattan.
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• Winter Symbol - The meaning of the Winter symbol was to signify the passing of time. A clever, simple way to symbolize and record the passing of time.
• The Hope Symbol – The 8 Pointed Star Symbol - The 8 pointed star symbolizes hope and guidance. A circle around other Native American symbols signifies protection.
• Days and Nights Symbol - The meaning of the Days and Nights symbol was to signify the passing of time.
• Sun Symbol - The Sun symbol was of great importance to all of the Native American Indian tribes. The sun symbol is depicted in a variety of ways, three of the symbols are shown on the image.
• Fox - The fox carries important meaning in a number of cultures, and the nature of its symbolism varies quite widely, both between cultures and sometimes within them. While some of these meanings are quite…

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Litha History - Celebrating the Summer Solstice
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An Ancient Solar Celebration

Nearly every agricultural society has marked the high point of summer in some way, shape or form. On this date – usually around June 21 or 22 (or December 21/22 in the southern hemisphere) – the sun reaches its zenith in the sky. It is the longest day of the year, and the point at which the sun seems to just hang there without moving – in fact, the word "solstice" is from the Latin word "solstitium", which literally translates to "sun stands still". The travels of the sun were marked and recorded. Stone circles such as Stonehenge were oriented to highlight the rising of the sun on the day of the summer solstice.
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Astronomical Season

Astronomers and scientists use the dates of equinoxes and solstices to mark the beginning and end of seasons in a year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the four astronomical seasons are:

• Spring: March equinox to June solstice.
• Summer: June solstice to September equinox.
• Fall (autumn): September equinox to December solstice.
• Winter: December solstice to March equinox.

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"Solstice"

Solstices happen twice a year — in June and December. The June solstice is around June 21, when the Sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer. The December solstice takes place around December 21. On this day, the Sun is precisely over the Tropic of Capricorn. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, while the summer solstice is the longest day of the year. Solstices are opposite on either side of the equator.

"Summer Solstice"

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. Solstices are opposite on either side of the equator; the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the June solstice, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the December solstice. Read more...

Winter & Summer Solstices

• What Is the June Solstice?
• June Solstice Facts
• What Is the December Solstice?
• December Solstice Facts
• When Is the Summer Solstice?
• When Is the Winter Solstice?
• June Solstice Celebrations
• December Solstice Celebrations
• Equinox & Solstice Worldwide

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Meaning of Solstice

"Solstice" (Latin: "solstitium") means "sun-stopping". The point on the horizon where the sun appears to rise and set, stops and reverses direction after this day. On the solstice, the sun does not rise precisely in the east, but rises to the north of east and sets to the north of west, meaning it's visible in the sky for a longer period of time.

Although the June solstice marks the first day of astronomical summer, it's more common to use meteorological definitions of seasons, making the solstice midsummer or midwinter.
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What are equinoxes and solstices?

Equinoxes and solstices are frequently used as anchor points for calendars. For people in the northern hemisphere:

• Winter solstice is the time in December when the sun reaches its southernmost declination. At this time we have the shortest day. The date is near 21 December.
• Summer solstice is the time in June when the sun reaches its northernmost declination. At this time we have the longest day. The date is near 21 June.
• Vernal equinox is the time in March when the sun passes the equator moving from the southern to the northern hemisphere. Day and night have approximately the same length. The date is near 20 March.
• Autumnal equinox is the time in September when the sun passes the equator moving from the northern to the southern hemisphere. Day and night have approximately the same length. The date is near 22 September.

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June 21, 2017

"Solstice"

The Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice – literally, “the point at which the sun seems to stand still” – occurred at 9:24 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, June 20. But for some brands, the solstice never ends.
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"Solstice"

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Credit our ancestral stargazers for noticing that we get two of these a year: the time when the sun is farthest from the celestial equator and starts its journey back. The origins are Latin and translate more or less as "sun standing".

"solstice": when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator

"summer solstice": June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

"winter solstice": December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point

What are Equinoxes and Solstices?
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"-ice": (Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of)

"sol-", "soli-", "solo-": (Latin: sun)

"stato-", "stat-", "sta-", "-static", "-stasi", "staso-", "-stasis", "-stasia", "-stacy", "-stitute", "-stitution", "-sist" (page 16)

(Latin:" standing", "to stay", "to make firm", "fixed"; "cause to stand", "to put", "to place", "to put in place", "to remain in place"; "to stand still")

"solstice", n., one of two dates, usually June 21 and December 22, when the sun reaches the tropics (is furthest from the equator) and appears to stop in the heavens, the "winter solstice" was a common pagan holiday and is used today by some non-Christians as a substitute celebration for Christmas, c.1250, from the Latin "solstitium", "sol" ("sun") + "sistere" ("to stand still").

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Twice in a Blue Moon - Rose

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Eine verbesserte ('Mainzer Fstnacht', Syn. 'Blue Moon') mit besserer Winterhärte.

welkin (W3)

... (cf. Lith. "vilgyti" "to moisten", O.C.S. "viaga" "moisture", Czech "vlhky" "damp").