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  2. Sashiko - Wikipedia

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    Sashiko (刺し子, lit. 'little stabs') is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, indigo -dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, sashiko has a distinctive ...

  3. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on hats, clothing, blankets, and handbags. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn ...

  4. Jacobean embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Jacobean embroidery refers to embroidery styles that flourished in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the 17th century. The term is usually used today to describe a form of crewel embroidery used for furnishing characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches with two-ply wool yarn on linen.

  5. Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies ...

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    1995 — First detection of small-scale structure in the cosmic microwave background. 1995 — Hubble Deep Field survey of galaxies in field 144 arc seconds across. 1998 — The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey maps the large-scale structure in a section of the Universe close to the Milky Way. 1998 — The Hubble Deep Field South is compiled.

  6. NGC 908 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 908 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1786 by William Herschel. This galaxy is 56 million light years away from Earth. It is the main galaxy in the NGC 908 group, which also includes NGC 899, NGC 907, and IC 223. [3] NGC 908 has vigorous star formation and is a starburst galaxy. The galaxy has a ...

  7. List of galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Named after its discoverer, Eric Lindsay, his professor Harlow Shapley, and its nature as a ring galaxy . The ring is the result of collision with another galaxy. Little Sombrero Galaxy. Pegasus. Named after its similarity to the Sombrero Galaxy . Malin 1. Coma Berenices. Discovered and named by David Malin .

  8. List of spiral galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Spiral galaxies. Below is a list of notable spiral galaxies with their own articles. The classification column refers to the galaxy morphological classification used by astronomers to describe galaxy structure. Designation. Picture. Classification. Constellation. Apparent Magnitude. Comet Galaxy.

  9. Your memory, only sharper: 5 ways BrainHQ can help ... - AOL

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    The program improves the speed and accuracy of information flowing through your brain, which enables the brain to make clearer memories. Examples include: Keeping the digits of a phone number in ...