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A five-pointed star. A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.
Star polygon, a star drawn with a number of lines equal to the number of points Pentagram, a five-pointed star polygon Five-pointed star, a pentagram with internal line segments removed; Lute of Pythagoras, a pentagram-based fractal pattern; Hexagram, a six-pointed star polygon; Heptagram, a seven-pointed star polygon
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,800 [1] five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. The stars, the first of which were permanently installed in 1960, are monuments to achievement in ...
Image credits: Chris Walter / Getty Images #13 C3PO and R2D2. While the Star Wars saga was packed with robots, C3PO and R2D2 were the most beloved droids from the series. The protocol droid C-3PO ...
The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname, and all names are shown as they appear on the stars. All entries can be found on the Hollywood Walk of Fame website maintained by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (see the External links section below). As of January 7, 2025, there are 2,798 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [1] [2
The pentagram contains ten points (the five points of the star, and the five vertices of the inner pentagon) and fifteen line segments. It is represented by the Schläfli symbol {5/2}. Like a regular pentagon, and a regular pentagon with a pentagram constructed inside it, the regular pentagram has as its symmetry group the dihedral group of ...
Six-pointed stars were used in the 1782 Great Seal that was based on the 1777 flag. The stars in the Great Seal were not changed to five-pointed stars until the Seal was recast in 1841. [28] The Flag Resolution of June 1777 was the first documented meeting, discussion, or debate by Congress about a national flag.
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