diff --git a/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/eta-bootes.png b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/eta-bootes.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..747d1d9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/eta-bootes.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/index.md b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8e05e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +title: "Thirty Seven" +date: 2025-01-14 +resources: + - name: eta-bootes + src: eta-bootes.png + title: > + Eta Boötes, indicated by the target reticle. Screenshot of Stellarium, an + open source planetarium package. + - name: ngc2169 + src: ngc2169.jpg + title: > + NGC 2169. + Taken by Sergio Eguivar. + params: + source: + url: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html +tags: + - Me + - Birthdays +--- + +Today is my birthday! :partying_face: + +[37][wp37] is prime, and also _sexy_ prime. It has the interesting property of +being the number most likely offered when you ask someone to pick a number +between 1 and 100[^1]. Thirty seven is neat! + +--- + +Dennis is 37. He's not old! + +{{< youtube R7qT-C-0ajI >}} + +--- + +{{< 2col >}} +{{< figures/image name=eta-bootes >}} +{{< figures/image name=ngc2169 >}} +{{< /2col >}} + +Eta Boötes, 37 lightyears away, is now in my [light cone][lightcone]. [NGC +2169][ngc2169] is an open star cluster in Orion that looks remarkably like the +number 37. + +--- + +[thirty-seven.org](http://thirty-seven.org) is a website dedicated to the +collection of artifacts marked with the number 37. + +--- + +This Veritasium video is a cool roundup of the interesting things about 37. + +{{< youtube d6iQrh2TK98 >}} + + +[^1]: When you control for 69 and 42, which have certain culteral significance. + +[wp37]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_(number) +[lightcone]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_cone +[ngc2169]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2169 +[apod-ngc2169]: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html diff --git a/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/ngc2169.jpg b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/ngc2169.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1fe40ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2025/thirty-seven/ngc2169.jpg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:f8faa5bd6c104102b50d8aff0c1057ea31a1e1cc35c06fe5efb4a9b091adf1f8 +size 411676