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