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  2. List of Arabic star names - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Fixed Stars, a 10th-century synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy’s Almagest with local Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the constellation system of the Anwā’). This page shows Orion (al-jabbar, "the giant"). The star Rigel in his foot derives its name from the Arabic rijl, "foot."

  3. Chang'an (film) - Wikipedia

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    Chang'an (Chinese: 长安三万里), also known as 30,000 Miles from Chang'an, [2] is a 2023 Chinese 3D animated historical drama film directed by Xie Junwei and Zou Jing. [3] [2] It follows the story of the decades-long friendship of Li Bai and Gao Shi, amid the Tang dynasty's transition from peak prosperity to the turmoil caused by the rebellion led by An Lushan, one of Emperor Xuanzong's ...

  4. A Thousand Miles - Wikipedia

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    A Thousand Miles. " A Thousand Miles " (originally titled " Interlude ") is the debut single of American pop singer Vanessa Carlton. Produced by Curtis Schweitzer and Ron Fair, the song was released as the lead single for Carlton's first album, Be Not Nobody (2002). First released to US radio in February 2002, it became Carlton's biggest hit in ...

  5. Pleiades - Wikipedia

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    Taurus. See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters. The Pleiades (/ ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ -, ˈplaɪ -/), [8][9] also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.

  6. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Wikipedia

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, following the huge success of his bestselling 2003 debut The Kite Runner. Mariam, an illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced to marry a shoemaker from Kabul after a family tragedy. Laila, born a generation later, lives a relatively privileged life, but her ...

  7. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, astronomers have found 6 white dwarfs (stars that have exhausted all fusible hydrogen), 21 brown dwarfs, as well as 1 sub-brown dwarf, WISE 0855−0714 (possibly a rogue planet). The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4.2465 light-years from Earth.

  8. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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    Cin1 lei5 zi1 hang4, ci2 jyu1 zuk1 ha6. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb. The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching ascribed to Laozi, [1] although it is also erroneously ascribed to his contemporary Confucius. [2]

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