It was a delayed moon, but now the sky had cleared of scudding black and the stars sugared the silver-gray sky.

There were lights glinting in the city, too, even though it was now dark enough for a few stars to become visible.

And while less than ten years earlier the wayward Black Sox -- all of them top performers in their positions -- had toiled for stingy Charles Comiskey at salaries ranging from twenty-five hundred dollars to forty-five hundred dollars a year, stars now were asking ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, yes, even fifty thousand dollars a season.

NASA's planned Space Interferometry Mission ( SIM PlanetQuest ) ( now cancelled ) was to utilize astrometric techniques to detect terrestrial planets orbiting 200 or so of the nearest solar-type stars, and the European Space Agency's GAIA ( due to launch in 2012 ), which will be applying astrometric techniques in its stellar census.

The Southern Cross, which is now regarded as a separate constellation, was treated by the ancients as a mere asterism formed of the stars composing the centaur's legs.

Additionally, what is now the minor constellation Circinus was treated as undefined stars under the centaur's front hooves.

In what he called " first philosophy " or metaphysics, Aristotle did intend a theological correspondence between the prime mover and deity ( presumably Zeus ); functionally, however, he provided an explanation for the apparent motion of the " fixed stars " ( now understood as the daily rotation of the Earth ).

The exact mechanism by which the corona is heated is still the subject of some debate, but likely possibilities include induction by the Sun's magnetic field and sonic pressure waves from below ( the latter being less probable now that coronae are known to be present in massive, hot, highly magnetic stars ).

) The original Drake Equation can be extended to a more realistic model, where the equation uses not the number of stars that are forming now, but those that were forming several billion years ago.

The number of stars in the galaxy now, N < sup >*</ sup >, is related to the star formation rate R < sup >*</ sup > by

It is now estimated that 1 % to 1. 5 % of sunlike stars possess such a planet, where " sunlike star " refers to any main-sequence star of spectral classes late-F, G, or early-K without a close stellar companion.

These higher prices were partly justified by the new film stars who were now being created.

The top actors of the era are now thought of as the classic film stars, such as Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Greta Garbo, and the greatest box office draw of the 1930s, child performer Shirley Temple.

As we now know, the fixed stars are not fixed.

Although the ancient skills are now in decline, the Marshallese were once able navigators, using the stars and stick-and-shell charts.

The behavior of a star now depends on its mass, with stars below 0. 23 solar masses becoming white dwarfs directly, while stars with up to ten solar masses pass through a red giant stage.

Several of the brightest stars in the ' Plough ' of Ursa Major are former members of an open cluster which now form such an association, in this case, the Ursa Major moving group.

As the observer moves northward the pole rises and the circumpolar stars appear, now unblocked by the Earth.

Energy storage as a natural process is as old as the universe itself-the energy present at the initial formation of the universe has been stored in stars such as the Sun, and is now being used by humans directly ( e. g. through solar heating ), or indirectly ( e. g. by growing crops or conversion into electricity in solar cells ).

The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Parallaxes, first published in 1952 and later superseded by the New GCTP ( now in its fourth edition ), covers nearly 9, 000 stars.

His precise measurements indicated that " new stars " ( stella novae, now known as supernovae ), in particular that of 1572, lacked the parallax expected in sub-lunar phenomena, and were therefore not " atmospheric " tail-less comets as previously believed, but occurred above the atmosphere and moon.

Several other significant changes took place due to the crisis: mankind discovered it could now tap into ultraplanar energies that were seen as magical forces, the stars were gone from the sky, dimensional nexi were uncovered and pacts with " demons " ( inhabitants of dimensions near in n-dimensional space to Tékumel's pocket dimension ) were made and a complex pantheon of " Gods " ( powerful extra-dimensional or multi-dimensional alien beings ) discovered.

Walt Disney was the inaugural recipient of a star on the Anaheim walk of stars awarded in recognition of his significant contribution to the city of Anaheim and specifically Disneyland, which is now the Disneyland Resort.

* March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope.

Drummer Will Hunt filled in for select dates, but has now been replaced by drummer Sal Giancarelli who will join the band for their upcoming shows.

A neo-Indian community has also now found root there with many young upcoming Indian professionals moving to London to work in the technology, financial services and legal professions.

* Maywood, until the late 90s a quiet, isolated residential area, now part of the large " Village West " project that includes the upscale, sprawling " Legends " shopping and entertainment district, " Sporting Kansas City " soccer stadium, " T-Bones " baseball park, " Schlitterbahn " amusement waterpark, " Kansas Speedway " NASCAR track and upcoming " Hollywood Casino ".

Founded in 1871 and first conducted in 1873 at four tracks, the Grand Circuit now visits 17 tracks as of the upcoming 2012 season.

In December 1758 Wolfe, now a Major General was given command of the upcoming campaign against the city of Quebec, and he selected Carleton as his quarter-master general.

With a nominal pro-Norman faction, represented by the duke-consort Hoèl of Cornwall and the count Odo of Penthièvre among others, now in control of Brittany, Duke William of Normandy was able to attract Bretons into his expeditionary army for the upcoming campaign to claim the English crown.

Later, Arthur finds a humanoid squid named Topo, a naive youth attracted by superheroics and seeking to become a sidekick, and Tempest, now amnesiac, unable to breathe water, and implanted with a post-hypnotic suggestion warning of an upcoming battle.

It is now possible to add even more with the upcoming TA 4. 0 Patch.

Though in the past he was a guest sitting in the Knesset's upper deck, the President now attends the ceremony from the speaker's podium and gives his own written address regarding the upcoming session.

On December 15, 2010, the official website for the film, now titled Deva Zan, was unveiled, along with information concerning an upcoming press conference, to be held on December 21, 2010.

Torabi was covering for Jon Poole who was by now doubling as bass player for The Wildhearts and was busy rehearsing for the latter band's upcoming tour.

These ports are now being integrated into the upcoming OWLNext 6. 40.

Though initially planned for release the following winter, the game, now known under its finalized title of Pokémon Trading Card Game, would be pushed back to April 2000, which website IGN attributed to the company wanting to focus their efforts on the upcoming Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64.

Hughes told a reporter congratulating him about his upcoming Test debut " Those pricks, now they have made me part of their failure ".

Smith was also angry that neither Brownlee or Brash ( who appeared now to support Brownlee ) had given any indication of the upcoming challenge.

On these changes Don Martin wrote: " The House of Commons might become a slightly friendlier place now that Peter Van Loan has lost the job of Question Period cheap shot specialist to become Public Safety Minister, a good move that seems to back Harper ’ s pledge to play nice with others during the upcoming session.

She now lives in Nashville with her 3 dogs, her husband Mike and their sons Abraham Elliot, who was born on December 15, 2008, and Benjamin ( born on December 6, 2011 ), whose upcoming birth she had announced on her official Twitter account.

Donatello returns in Nickelodeon's upcoming animated series, now wielding a naginata ( a spear-like weapon ) which appears to be retractable.

Bob Savenberg now works with upcoming artists as a manager.

343 industries, the company that now holds control of the Halo universe after Bungie stepped down, has confirmed the presence of the Covenant in the new upcoming game Halo 4 ( 2012 ), in the form of a splinter group called " Storm ".

* ability to use digital samples instead of MIDI sounds, and digital music in Ogg Vorbis format instead of MIDI music ( Hardware MIDI is supported in Win32 ; upcoming version also supports ALSA ), and support for MIDI software synthesis ( through TiMidity ; The current version now also supports OPL3 emulation and FluidSynth ).

The new owner then announced that the team will now be known as the " Rochester Rhinos ," and that the financial situation of the team no longer put them in any danger of not being able to afford the upcoming season.

In step with upcoming federal safety regulations, the LTD received a redesign for the 1973 model year ; along with the discontinuation of the convertible, all hardtop models now wore roof pillars for reinforcement ( frameless door glass remained ).

The event was also highlighted by a slew of major announcements, including id Software's new intellectual property RAGE, a sneak peek at the " id Tech 5 " engine, a 10-2-2007 release date for ET: QW, updates on the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein game title and major motion picture, the revelation that old id Software titles were to be made available via Steam, the upcoming debuts of Quake Arena Arcade, Quake Zero ( now officially named Quake Live ), and Quake Arena DS, also — in an unprecedented move — the announcement of the dates and venue for the next QuakeCon before the current year's event was even finished.