The observation of Sirius B, also known as the Pup, is significant because it was the first evidence of the existence of a white dwarf star. In 1862, Sirius B was discovered by astronomers Alvan Graham Clark and his son, William Clark, while observing Sirius A, the brightest star in the night sky. They noticed a faint companion star near Sirius A and later determined it was a white dwarf, a type of star that is incredibly dense and has exhausted its fuel for nuclear fusion. The discovery of Sirius B confirmed the theoretical predictions about the nature of white dwarfs and opened up new avenues for the study of stellar evolution and the structure of stars. Today, the observation of Sirius B remains a cornerstone of astronomical research and continues to be studied in detail.
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9 months later was born…
born on October 26, 1862
Hilma af Klint
Pioneer in the early development of abstract art and her innovative use of spiritual and symbolic themes
born on July 10, 1832 (d. 1897)
Alvan Graham Clark
American astronomer and telescope-maker
There is another child full of light who was also born along with Alma. Can you find him?
Photo of a group of artists who exhibited in Baden-Baden, in the Badener Salon, 1895. The description on the photo tells us who can be seen there: Staudacher, painter from Baden; Moppert, painter from Baden; Director Schall from Baden; Hamacher, painter from Baden; Miss Dietrich from Baden; Backmund, painter from Munich; Volkers, painter from Düsseldorf; Vilma Parlaghy from Berlin; Beyfus, painter from Vienna; Rauchenegger, painter from Munich; Inspector Schreyer from Dresden; Richard Pohl from Baden; Puhonny, painter from Baden; Professor Kopf from Rome; von Haber, painter from Dresden; city councillor Weber from Baden; and Wilhelm Harder from Baden.
The Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy sits at the centre, surrounded by The Painters German specialists in her pre-1895 Salons, where they discuss the future. After this date, the Salons moved with Princess Vilma, to New York, and were held in her suites spanning the entire third floor of the hotel. This event occurred after the passing of Allan Pinkerton, and precedes the election of Major General Devil Dan Sickles, as the new leader of The Coopers.
This meeting was a wrap-up of the Jack The Ripper Psyop which lasted for 1865-1895. The report on what was gleaned by the experts would be published a few years later, by Bram Stoker, as the book Dracula.
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Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy
Proficient painter painter of European royalty and nobility
