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Happy 10th birthday Celsius1414!

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the celsius1414.com domain name registration. See last year’s post marking the 9th for a list of cool people sharing 10/8 as a birthday.

I have a long-running photography project that consists of pictures of the number 1414, which makes for a fun hunting game. (One of these days I might get around to putting all the 1414 pictures together in a gallery here on the site.) A recent capture and one of my favorites (because of the story behind it) is this:

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At the annual Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, they mark off and number hundreds of locations in the streets of downtown where people park their classic cars. And this is where entry number 1414 was painted this year, near 5th and Arrowhead. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to the spot until several days after the event, so I don’t know what kind of old car was parked there.

Thanks to everybody for visiting and for reading!

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Rock Band: Steampunk Jesus

Hey, it’s me in Rock Band. :)

Steampunk Jesus 2

Dig my axe! Not as cool as this one but still.

Steampunk Jesus 1

Here’s Denyse:

Denyse

1414 is my “street name” ;D

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Alas, it was a friend of Hans’s who has the Wii and game, so we are unable to progress our careers. But maybe someday! :)

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NGC 1414

Continuing the series on the number 1414, here’s an astronomical connection.

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NGC 1414 is a spiral galaxy in the Eridanus constellation. It’s some 19.5 megaparsecs* away from us, with a pretty faint 14.6 apparent magnitude**

Here’s what it looks like in Celestia:

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(click to embiggen)

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* megaparsec = 1 million parsecs or about 3.26 million light years.

** apparent magnitude – how bright an object seems to be.

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