Hikoboshi (other)
is the Japanese name for the star Altair, also known as or in Japanese. It may also refer to: * the cowherd celebrated in the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi * the cowherd celebrated in the Japanese star festival, Tanabata influenced by Qi Xi * trains operated on the Keihan Main Line in Osaka, Japan * the chaser satellite of the Japanese Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VII, also known as KIKU-7 See also * Orihime (other) is the Japanese name for the star Vega, also known as in Japanese. It may also refer to: *the weaver girl from the Chinese folk tale '' The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd'' *the weaver girl celebrated in Tanabata, a Japanese festival *Orihime, a Co ...

Altair
Altair is the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila and the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Aquilae, which is Latinised from α Aquilae and abbreviated Alpha Aql or α Aql. Altair is an A-type main-sequence star with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.77 and is one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle asterism; the other two vertices are marked by Deneb and Vega. It is located at a distance of from the Sun. Altair is currently in the G-cloud—a nearby interstellar cloud, an accumulation of gas and dust. Altair rotates rapidly, with a velocity at the equator of approximately 286 km/s.From values of ''v'' sin ''i'' and ''i'' in the second column of Table 1, Monnier et al. 2007. This is a significant fraction of the star's estimated breakup speed of 400 km/s. A study with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer revealed that Altair is not spherical, but is flattened at the poles d ...
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Qi Xi
The Qixi Festival ( zh, 七夕), also known as the Qiqiao Festival ( zh, 七巧, links=no), is a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology... The festival is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunisolar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar... The festival was derived from Chinese mythology. People celebrated for the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were the weaver girl and the cowherd, respectively. The tale of ''The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl'' has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the Han dynasty.. The earliest-known reference to this famous myth dates back to over 2600 years ago, which was told in a poem from the ''Classic of Poetry''.. The Qixi festival inspired the Tanabata festival in Japan, Chilseok festival in Korea, and Thất Tịch festival in Vietnam. The festival has variously been called the Double Seventh Festival, the Chinese Valentine's Day, the Night of Sevens, or ...
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Tanabata
, also known as the Star Festival ( 星祭り, ''Hoshimatsuri''), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The date of Tanabata varies by region of the country, but the first festivities begin on 7 July of the Gregorian calendar. The celebration is held at various days between July and August. History The festival was introduced to Japan by the Empress Kōken in 755. It originated from , an alternative name for Qixi which is celebrated in China and also was adopted in the Kyoto Imperial Palace from the Heian period. The festival gained widespread popularity amongst the general public by the early Edo period, when it became mixed with various Obon o ...
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Keihan Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains. Train services As of March 2022, the following services are operated.
; (Ln) :All cars reserved seating ; (RLE) :Premium car is reserved seating only ; (LE) :Premium car is reserved seating only ; (CRE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings ; (RE) - premium car is reserved seating ; ; (ME) - "up" trains only (Discontinued in 7/2021) ; :A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen. ; (Ex) ; (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings :Trains are o ...
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ETS-VII
The ETS-VII, or Engineering Test Satellite No. 7, was a satellite developed and launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). It is also known as KIKU-7. It was launched aboard an H-II rocket from Tanegashima Space Center, on 28 November 1997. The ETS-VII was equipped with a robotic arm, which was used to carry out several experiments related to rendezvous docking and space robotics. It was the world's first satellite to be equipped with a robotic arm, and also Japan's first uncrewed spacecraft to conduct autonomous rendezvous and docking operations successfully, decades after the docking of the Soviet Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 spacecraft in 1967. Although it was originally intended to be used for 1.5 years, the satellite was functional for a period of almost five years. ETS-VII eventually decayed from orbit on 13 November 2015. Features The ETS-VII consists of two main parts; the chaser satellite and the target satellite. The chaser satellite is the main s ...
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