Astronomers arguably made the most accurate measure of the distance to Polaris in the mid-1990s. The star, five times as massive as the sun, is a so-called Classical Cepheid: a rapidly aging giant star that has used up its hydrogen fuel and is now burning helium in its core.
The Studio Movie Grill in Chatham on Chicago's Southside shows first-run movies but also has a year-round Black World Cinema. | Photos courtesy of Studio Movie Grill. The bar at the new Studio Movie Grill in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. | Photos courtesy of Studio Movie Grill.
The vampire Diaries, put the building back on the map. The show's producers loved the look of the building and decided to make this building the exterior facade of one of their sets, a bar called mystic Grill. From 2009 on wards, the show continued to film here, even hanging a sign above the door.