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Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue, surveyed by Hipparcos, are given HIP numbers.

Help keep this category in order. Modify [[Category:Hipparcos objects]] to [[Category:Hipparcos objects|NNNNNN]] on pages that categorize here, where "NNNNNN" is the number without the "HIP" prefix. The number should be padded with zeroes on the left until it is six digits long.

Example: [[Category:Hipparcos objects|014810]] for HIP 14810.

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This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.

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► 54 Piscium‎ (2 P)
► Upsilon Andromedae‎ (6 P)
► 109 Piscium‎ (2 P)
► Gliese 86‎ (2 P)
► HD 40307‎ (8 P)
► Pollux‎ (2 P)
► HD 69830‎ (5 P)
► HD 85512‎ (3 P)
► 47 Ursae Majoris‎ (5 P)
► 59 Virginis‎ (2 P)
► HD 147513‎ (2 P)
► Gliese 667‎ (5 P)
► HR 7722‎ (3 P)
► HR 8799‎ (6 P)
► Gamma Cephei‎ (2 P)

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Hipparcos [videos]

Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency, launched in 1989 and operated until 1993. It was the first space experiment devoted to precision astrometry, the accurate measurement of the positions of celestial objects on the sky. This permitted the accurate determination …

$Hipparcos - Artist's concept of our Milky Way galaxy, showing two prominent spiral arms attached to the ends of a thick central bar. Hipparcos mapped many stars in the solar neighbourhood with great accuracy, though this represents only a small fraction of stars in the galaxy.$

Hipparcos satellite in the Large Solar Simulator, ESTEC, February 1988

Artist's concept of our Milky Way galaxy, showing two prominent spiral arms attached to the ends of a thick central bar. Hipparcos mapped many stars in the solar neighbourhood with great accuracy, though this represents only a small fraction of stars in the galaxy.

WZ Cassiopeiae [videos]

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SU Andromedae [videos]

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Battle of Salamis [videos]

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Modern view of the strait of Salamis, where the battle took place. Seen from the south.

Battle order. The Achaemenid fleet (in red) entered from the east (right) and confronted the Greek fleet (in blue) within the confines of the strait.

Greek trireme.

Fleet of triremes based on the full-sized replica Olympias

Cate Blanchett [videos]

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Blanchett at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival

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Seville [videos]

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Treasure of El Carambolo, belonging to the ancient Tartessian sanctuary located 3 kilometers west of Seville.

Section of Caños de Carmona

Alcázar of Seville

William the Conqueror [videos]

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William as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helm to show that he is still alive

Column at the site of the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes

William the Conqueror - Image from the Bayeux Tapestry showing William with his half-brothers. William is in the centre, Odo is on the left with empty hands, and Robert is on the right with a sword in his hand.

William the Conqueror - Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry whose text indicates William supplying weapons to Harold during Harold's trip to the continent in 1064

Image from the Bayeux Tapestry showing William with his half-brothers. William is in the centre, Odo is on the left with empty hands, and Robert is on the right with a sword in his hand.

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry whose text indicates William supplying weapons to Harold during Harold's trip to the continent in 1064

Huntington Library [videos]

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Huntington Library, in a landscape setting by Beatrix Farrand

The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1770

Pinkie by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1794

Amorphophallus titanum at Huntington Library, August 24, 2014

Maserati [videos]

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Maserati headquarters in Modena, Italy

Ettore, Bindo, Ernesto, and Alfieri Maserati

Piazza Maggiore's Neptune and his trident

Juan-Manuel Fangio driving a Maserati 250F.

Ferdinand Magellan [videos]

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Statue in Ponte da Barca, Portugal

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Monument in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu in the Philippines.

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History of Iran - Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and is considered to be the best preserved example in the world.

Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and is considered to be the best preserved example in the world.

A gold cup at the National Museum of Iran, dating from the first half of 1st millennium BC

A panoramic view of Persepolis.

The Seleucid Empire in 200 BC, before Antiochus was defeated by the Romans

History of Poland [videos]

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Reconstructed Biskupin fortified settlement of the Lusatian culture, 8th century BC

Władysław I the Elbow-high

An iconic representation of the Battle of Grunwald, a great military contest of the Late Middle Ages

The Renaissance courtyard of Wawel Castle

Imperial Crown of Russia [videos]

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Modern replica using real gems and white gold

Russian regalia used prior to the creation of the Great Imperial Crown

1896 image of the crown (at bottom)

Catherine the Great with the crown to her right, by Alexei Antropov, c. 1765

Greek drachma [videos]

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Athenian silver didrachm of "heraldic type" from the time of Peisistratos, 545–510 BC. Obverse: Four-spoked wheel. Reverse: Incuse square, divided diagonally

Tetradrachm from Olympia. 105th Olympiad, 360 BC. Obverse: Head of Zeus. Reverse: The nymph Olympia, inscription: ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ.

Silver Drachma of Philip III Arrhidaios, minted at Babylon. Obverse: Head of Herakles. Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros.

Banknote of 1912 issued by the NBG

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The 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine

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Jack Nicholson [videos]

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Nicholson in 2008

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Iraqi market in Mosul, 1932

Promoting women's education in the 1970s.

U.S. Army soldier searches an Iraqi boy, March 2011.

LaFerrari [videos]

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LaFerrari (rear 3/4 view)

LaFerrari Aperta

Engine compartment

Wing mirror of LaFerrari mounted on carbon fiber stalk

Battle of Hastings [videos]

The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles northwest of Hastings …

The location of the Battle of Stamford Bridge

Interior ruins at Pevensey Castle, some of which date to shortly after the Battle of Hastings

Norman knights and archers at the Battle of Hastings depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

The battlefield from the north side

LaDainian Tomlinson [videos]

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Tomlinson in 2017

Tomlinson warming up during his tenure with the Chargers.

Tomlinson against Cleveland Browns in 2006

Tomlinson warming up in 2008

Los Angeles County Museum of Art [videos]

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. — LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States. It attracts nearly …

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA West, the former May Company building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, future home of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Wilshire Boulevard and the Art Museum in 1965.

LACMA West, the former May Company building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, future home of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Former LACMA parking garage mural by Barry McGee

Former LACMA parking garage mural by Margaret Kilgallen

Vin Diesel [videos]

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Diesel in July 2013

Diesel at the premiere for Fast & Furious in 2009

The Fast Five cast with Natalie Morales for NBC's Today in April 2011. From left to right: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Diesel and Paul Walker

Diesel in Munich in 2005

Louvre [videos]

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Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss was commissioned in 1787, donated in 1824.

The Venus de Milo was added to the Louvre's collection during the reign of Louis XVIII.

Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt seen with a plaster model of the Venus de Milo, while visiting the Louvre with the curator Alfred Merlin on 7 October 1940

The Louvre Palace and the pyramid (by night)

United States dollar [videos]

The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its territories per the United States Constitution since 1792. In practice, the dollar is divided into 100 smaller …

Series of 1917 $1 United States bill

Spanish silver real or peso of 1768

Continental One Third Dollar Bill (obverse)

Image: 500 USD note; series of 1934; obverse

Large denominations of United States currency [videos]

Large denominations of United States currency greater than $100 were circulated by the United States Treasury until 1969. Since then, U.S. dollar banknotes have only been issued in seven denominations: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. — Overview and history — Large-denomination currency …

Image: US $500 LT 1863 Fr 183c

Image: US $500 LT 1869 Fr 184

Image: US $500 LT 1875 Fr 185b

Image: US $500 LT 1880 Fr 185l

Denarius [videos]

The denarius was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War c. 211 BC to the reign of Gordian III, when it was gradually replaced by the Antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very small quantities …

Denarius - Top row left to right: 157 BC Roman Republic, A.D 73 Vespasian, A.D 161 Marcus Aurelius, A.D 194 Septimius Severus; Second row left to right: A.D 199 Caracalla, A.D 200 Julia Domna, A.D 219 Elagabalus, A.D 236 Maximinus Thrax

Top row left to right: 157 BC Roman Republic, A.D 73 Vespasian, A.D 161 Marcus Aurelius, A.D 194 Septimius Severus; Second row left to right: A.D 199 Caracalla, A.D 200 Julia Domna, A.D 219 Elagabalus, A.D 236 Maximinus Thrax

Helmeted head of Rome

Flavia Domitilla, wife of Vespasian and mother of Titus and Domitian.

Quintus Antonius Balbus (c. 82–83 BC)

Julia Roberts [videos]

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and producer. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman, which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards, from eight nominations, and has been nominated for four …

Roberts at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Roberts in Paris promoting Eat Pray Love, September 2010

Roberts at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

Cameron Diaz [videos]

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Diaz in 2016

Diaz receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2009.

Napoleon Diamond Necklace [videos]

The Napoleon Diamond Necklace is a diamond necklace commissioned by Napoleon I of France c. 1811–1812. It is currently on display in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. United States. — Description — The Napoleon Diamond Necklace consists of 28 mine cut diamonds set into a single …

The Napoleon Diamond Necklace on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma wearing the Napoleon Diamond Necklace and the Marie Louise Diadem

Hennessey Venom GT [videos]

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Image: Hennessey Venom GT (16040233465)

Battle of Tours [videos]

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Charles de Steuben's Bataille de Poitiers en octobre 732 romantically depicts a triumphant Charles Martel (mounted) facing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi (right) at the Battle of Tours.

Gasherbrum I [videos]

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Gasherbrum I in 2001

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