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Lodestar (other)
Lodestar is an archaic word for a star that guides, especially the northern pole star. Lodestar may also refer to: Art and entertainment * Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, an award given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention * Lodestar (band), an English band founded in 1996, or their debut album * ''Lodestar'' (album), 2016 album by the English folk musician Shirley Collins * LodeStar Festival, an annual music festival in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England * "Lodestar", a 1973 short story by Poul Anderson * ''Lodestar'', a 2000 science fiction novel by Michael Flynn Vehicles * GWR 4000 Class 4003 ''Lode Star'', a British steam locomotive * Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era * Lodestar (trimaran), a cruising trimaran sailboat design Other uses * Lodestar (navigation), a star used in celestial navigation * Lodestar method, a basis for calculating attorney's fees See also * Loadstar (other) * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pole Star
A pole star is a visible star that is approximately aligned with the axis of rotation of an astronomical body; that is, a star whose apparent position is close to one of the celestial poles. On Earth, a pole star would lie directly overhead when viewed from the North or the South Pole. Currently, Earth's pole stars are Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris), a bright magnitude 2 star aligned approximately with its northern axis that serves as a pre-eminent star in celestial navigation, and a much dimmer magnitude 5.5 star on its southern axis, Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis). From around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD, Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) and Pherkad (Gamma Ursae Minoris) were twin northern pole stars, though neither was as close to the pole as Polaris is now. History In classical antiquity, Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) was closer to the celestial north pole than Alpha Ursae Minoris. While there was no naked-eye star close to the pole, the midpoint between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar Award For Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is an award given annually to a book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy. The name of the award was chosen because a lodestar is "a star that guides or leads, especially in navigation, where it is the sole reliable source of light—the star that leads those in uncharted waters to safety". The nomination and selection process is administered by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), and the award is presented at the Hugo Award ceremony at the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, although it is not itself a Hugo Award. Lodestar Award nominees and winners, using the same procedures as the Hugo Awards, are chosen by supporting or attending members of the Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The final selection process is defined in the WSFS Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six finalists, except in the case of a tie. The books on the bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar (band)
Lodestar is a British experimental progressive rock band, formed in 1996 by Heitham Al-Sayed (lead vocalist), John Morgan (drums) and Alan Haggarty (sound engineer) after they left Senser. They were joined by guitarist Jules Hodgson to write and record their self-titled debut album in 1996. Recorded at Monnow Valley Studios in Wales, the album was engineered and produced by Alan Haggarty & Dave Eringa, and released on Ultimate Records. The band released two singles and 1 album, and gigged across the UK and Europe from 1996 to 1997. They were asked to join Tool on their European tour, as support for their album Aenima, including a support slot at the London Astoria The London Astoria was a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England, that operated from 1976 to 2009. Originally a warehouse during the 1920s, the building became a cinema and ballroom. It was converted for use as a theatre in t .... The band split after a couple of years, and the members went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar (album)
''Lodestar'' is the seventh studio album by the English folk musician Shirley Collins. The album is Collins's first in 38 years, making it one of the longest gaps between studio albums. Background After being one of the most significant figures in the English Folk Revival of the 1960s, Collins withdrew from music in the late 1970s when she developed dysphonia, attributed to being left by her second husband, Ashley Hutchings. In 2014 she was coaxed back into performance by Current 93's David Tibet for a concert at Union Chapel in North London. Following this performance, Collins started making a new album at her house in Lewes, recorded by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown of the group Cyclobe. Some of the album's recording was filmed, and included in the documentary ''The Ballad of Shirley Collins''. Critical reception ''Lodestar'' was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LodeStar Festival performances.
LodeStar Festival is an annual music festival that takes place at Sunnyridge Farm in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded in 2007, but it was first held in 2008 and showcases a cross-genre variety of music on three stages. The festival's attendance was 4500 in 2015. In addition to the music entertainment, the festival features comedians, theatre, workshops, circus acts and burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. References {{Reflist, 3External links Official web site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Anderson Bibliography
Poul William Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. The following is a list of works by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson. Novels and related short stories Science fiction Hoka * '' Earthman's Burden'' (1957) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Star Prince Charlie'' (1975) with Gordon R. Dickson * '' Hoka!'' (1983) with Gordon R. Dickson Reissued by Baen as: * '' Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!'' (1998) with Gordon R. Dickson * ''Hokas Pokas!'' (2000) with Gordon R. Dickson The Psychotechnic League * ''Star Ways'' (also known as ''The Peregrine'') (1956) * ''The Snows of Ganymede'' (1958) * ''Virgin Planet'' (1959) * ''The Psychotechnic League'' (1981) ** " Marius" ** "Brake" * ''Cold Victory'' (1982) * ''Starship'' (1982) Tomorrow's Children * "Tomorrow's Children" (1947) with F. N. Waldrop * "Chain of Logic" (1947) * "Children of Fortune" (1961) * "Epilogue" (1961) * ''Twilight World'' (1961) Technic His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Flynn (writer)
Michael Francis Flynn (December 20, 1947 – September 30, 2023) was an American science fiction author. Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of hard science fiction, although his treatment of it can be unusual since he applied the rigor of hard science fiction to "softer" sciences such as sociology in works such as ''In the Country of the Blind''. Much of his short fiction appeared in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''. Early life and education Flynn was born in Easton, Pennsylvania to his parents, Joseph and Rita (Singley) Flynn. He had a brother, Dennis, who died in childhood. Flynn attended and graduated from Notre Dame High School, then located in Bethlehem Township."Obituary of Michael Flynn" Lehigh Valley Live] He earned a < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star
''Lode Star'' is the only remaining GWR 4000 Class locomotive. It is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York, England. ''Lode Star'' was designed by George Jackson Churchward and was built in 1907, one of the first locomotives in its class to be built. The design of the locomotive was influenced by de Glehn, a French engineer. He used four cylinders on his locomotives, which Churchward copied. By using four cylinders it meant the locomotives were both powerful and fast. ''Lode Star'' survived into the British Railways era, and was finally withdrawn in 1951. At this point it had covered 2,005,898 miles. ''Lode Star'' was preserved at the Great Western Museum in Swindon from 1962, and was transferred to the National Railway Museum in York in 1992, where it was a static non-working exhibit. In 2010 ''Lode Star'' was moved to Steam Museum in Swindon, as a static non-working exhibit. In November 2015 it was moved back to the National Railway Museum The National Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is an American passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family, specifically from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra. Design and development Sales of the 10–14 passenger Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, which first flew in 1937, had proved disappointing, despite the aircraft's excellent performance. It was more expensive to operate than the larger Douglas DC-3, already in widespread use. In order to improve the type's economics, Lockheed decided to stretch the aircraft's fuselage by , allowing an extra two rows of seats to be fitted. The prototype for the revised airliner, designated Model 18 by Lockheed, was converted from the fourth Model 14, one of a batch which had been returned to the manufacturer by Northwest Airlines after a series of crashes. The modified aircraft first flew in this form on 21 September 1939, another two prototypes being converted from Model 14s, with the first n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar (trimaran)
Arthur Piver (; "Piver rhymes with diver"; 1910–1968) was a World War II pilot, an amateur sailor, author, printshop owner and renowned boatbuilder who lived in Mill Valley on San Francisco Bay and became "the father of the modern multihull." Career In the late 1950s and 1960s Piver designed and built a series of simple three-hulled, plywood yachts starting with a 16 footer and culminating in a 64-footer that was built in England for charter in the Caribbean. (The word "trimaran" was coined by Viktor Tchetchet, a Ukrainian emigrant to the US who tested his boats on Long Island sound in the late 1940s.) Piver crossed the Atlantic on his first ocean-going boat, the demountable 30 foot ''Nimble'', departing from Swansea, Mass, stopping in the Azores, and successfully reaching Plymouth, England. He then began selling do-it-yourself plans through a company called '' Pi-Craft''. He thought anyone could build one of his boats even if they had no experience. In 1962, Piver built himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodestar (navigation)
Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the surface of the Earth without relying solely on estimated positional calculations, commonly known as dead reckoning. Celestial navigation is performed without using satellite navigation or other similar modern electronic or digital positioning means. Celestial navigation uses "sights," or timed angular measurements, taken typically between a celestial body (e.g., the Sun, the Moon, a planet, or a star) and the visible horizon. Celestial navigation can also take advantage of measurements between celestial bodies without reference to the Earth's horizon, such as when the Moon and other selected bodies are used in the practice called "lunars" or the lunar distance method, used for determining precise time when time is unknown. Celestial navigation by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
