Starlight
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Starlight
refers to the visible radiation emitted by star
s other than the Sun
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Starlight may also refer to:
Starlight
Starlight refers to the visible radiation emitted by stars other than the Sun.Starlight may also refer to:-Comics:* Starlight , Dr...
refers to the visible radiation emitted by star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
s other than the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
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Starlight may also refer to:
Comics
- Starlight (comics)Starlight (comics)Starlight is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema, she first appeared in Defenders # 35 .-Fictional character biography:Tania Belinsky was born in Leningrad, in the former Soviet Union...
, Dr. Tania Belinsky, a Marvel Comics character - Starlight, codename of DC Comics character Natasha IronsNatasha IronsNatasha Irons is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Universe and the niece of John Henry Irons . Natasha first appears in Steel #1 . She becomes the fourth superhero to use the name Steel when her uncle is injured. In the 2006 limited series 52, Natasha gains superpowers and uses the...
Film and television
- Starlight (TV series)Starlight (TV series)Starlight was an early British television programme, one of the first regular series to be shown on the BBC Television Service in the 1930s...
, a 1930s BBC Television programme - Sailor StarlightsSailor StarlightsThe Sailor Starlights are a group of three fictional characters introduced in the Sailor Stars of the Sailor Moon metaseries. In the manga, they were relatively minor characters, many of which appeared toward the end of the series to represent the vast number of Sailor Senshi spread out across the...
, characters in the Sailor Moon metaseries - Starlight (film), a 1996 film starring Rae Dawn ChongRae Dawn ChongRae Dawn Chong is a Canadian-American actress.-Life and career:Chong was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong. She and her sister Robbi were raised by her grandmother, Tommy Chong's mother. Chong's father is of Chinese and Scottish-Irish ancestry and her...
and Willie Nelson - Starlight: A Musical Movie, a 1988 film featuring Tichina ArnoldTichina ArnoldTichina Rolanda Arnold is an American actress and singer. She is best known for having portrayed the roles of Pamela James on the FOX sitcom Martin and the family matriarch Rochelle on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris....
- Starlit (TV series), a 2009 Taiwan television series starring Jerry Yan and Terri KwanTerri KwanTerri Kwan was born on 2 July 1976. She is a Taiwan-based actress, model, singer and author. She is managed by Mars Entertainment Ltd .-Early life:...
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Literature
- Star LightStar LightStar Light is a science fiction novel by Hal Clement. It is the sequel to one of Clement's earlier books, Mission of Gravity. The novel was serialized in four parts in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine from June to September 1970...
, a novel by Hal Clements - Starlight (anthology series)Starlight (anthology series)Starlight is a science fiction and fantasy series edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden and published by Tor Books.-Volumes:* Starlight 1 * Starlight 2 * Starlight 3 -Awards:...
, a series of science fiction and fantasy anthologies - "Starlight" (fairy tale)Starlight (fairy tale)-Synopsis:A king whose kingdom was constantly imperiled by another king had an only son who had fallen in love with a slave, Starlight. Her family was quite unknown, but he cared nothing for anything but her. Angry, the queen had the slave imprisoned in a tower. A beautiful white cat kept her...
, a fairy tale attributed to Henriette-Julie de Murat - "Star Light, Star BrightStar Light, Star Bright"Star Light, Star Bright" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16339.-Lyrics:The lyrics usually conform to the following:-References in popular culture:...
", an English language nursery rhyme handed down from antiquity - Star Light, Star Bright (book)Star Light, Star Bright (book)Star Light, Star Bright is the name of a 1976 collection of science fiction short stories by Alfred Bester containing:* "Adam and No Eve"* "Time Is the Traitor"* "Oddie And Id"* "Hobson's Choice"* "Star Light, Star Bright"...
, a science fiction short story collection by Alfred Bester- "Star Light, Star Bright" (short story), a story in Alfred Bester's book
- Starlight (Warriors)Starlight (Warriors)Starlight is a children's fantasy novel, the fourth book in Erin Hunter's bestselling Warriors: The New Prophecy series. The hardback was released on April 4, 2006 and the paperback on March 27, 2007.-Plot summary:...
, a novel in the Warriors: The New Prophecy series by Erin Hunter
Songs
- "Starlight", a 2011 song by Irish/British girlband WonderlandWonderland (band)Wonderland were an Irish/British girlband, formed by Louis Walsh and Westlife band-member Kian Egan. The band were put together after auditions were held for five females in July 2008. Its five members were Jodi Albert, Sharon Condon, Corrina Durran, Leigh Learmont and Kasey Smith...
from the album WonderlandWonderland (Wonderland album)Wonderland is the self-titled debut studio album by Irish/British girlband Wonderland.- Background, composition, concept, and development:... - "Starlight"Starlight (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)"Starlight" is a pop song released by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor as the sixth overall single from her fourth studio album, Make a Scene. It was released on 5 June 2011, in the United Kingdom as a digital download, a week before the release of the album. Ellis-Bextor apeared on...
, a 2011 song by Sophie Ellis-BextorSophie Ellis-BextorSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...
from her fourth studio album Make a Scene - "Starlight", a 2006 song by Muse
- "Starlight"Starlight (The Supermen Lovers song)"Starlight" is a song by French house project The Supermen Lovers. It was the first single from the album The Player and was released in the first quarter of 2001 . It became a hit in Norway, New Zealand, and Belgium where it reached the top ten, and it even peaked at number 2 in France and United...
, a 2001 song recorded by The Supermen LoversThe Supermen LoversThe Supermen Lovers is a French house music project by Parisian musician and producer Guillaume Atlan. The act is best known for its 2001 single "Starlight", which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 2001.- Discography :Studio albums...
from their album The Player - "Starlight" (also titled "Give Me Some Starlight" and "Starlight Sun"), an early version of the hit that became Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (song)Thriller (song)"Thriller" is a song recorded by American recording artist Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album Thriller. It was released on January 23, 1984 by Epic Records...
- "Starlight", a song by Matt CardleMatt CardleMatthew Sheridan "Matt" Cardle is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to fame after winning the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010. He received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music by winning, and his debut number one single "When We Collide" was released immediately...
from the album LettersLetters (Matt Cardle album)Letters is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Cardle. It was released on 14 October 2011 and charted at no.2, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week... - "Starlight", a song by Accept from Breaker
- "Starlight", a song by Brave Combo from Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary AlbumLet's Kiss: 25th Anniversary AlbumLet's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Dentone Records on October 28, 2004. In 2005, the album won Brave Combo the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.-Track listing:...
- "Starlight", a song by Electric Light Orchestra from Out of the BlueOut of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)The 30th Anniversary Edition was released on February, 20th 2007 with three bonus tracks.-Personnel:ELO*Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion*Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, backing vocals, fire extinguisher on "Mr...
- "Starlight", a song by Helloween from HelloweenHelloween (album)-Credits:*Kai Hansen – vocals, Guitar*Michael Weikath – Guitar*Markus Grosskopf – Bass*Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums-Facts:* Recorded January – February, 1985 at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany* Produced by Helloween...
- "Starlight", a song by Lou Reed and John Cale from Songs for DrellaSongs for DrellaSongs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground.On January 9, 1989 Cale and Reed performed a selection of Songs for Drella at The Church of St. Anne's in Brooklyn. The first full version was played on November 29–30, and December 2–3 at the...
- "Starlight", a song by Mumm-Ra that was ultimately never released
- "Starlight", a song by Savatage from Dead Winter DeadDead Winter Dead- Story :In the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, there is a town square surroundedby buildings that were constructed during the Middle Ages. Thesquare has a beautiful stone fountain at its center and at one...
- "Starlight", a song by SlashSlash (musician)Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
featuring Myles KennedyMyles KennedyMyles Richard Kennedy is an American musician and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alter Bridge, and as the lead vocalist in Slash's current solo project...
from the album Slash - "By Starlight", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released October 24, 1995 on Virgin Records. Produced by frontman Billy Corgan with Flood and Alan Moulder, the twenty-eight-track album was released as a two-disc CD and triple LP...
- "Starlight", a song by Coco & Puttnam, vocals by Cathy BattistessaCathy BattistessaCathy Battistessa is an established singer, songwriter and performer with tracks featured on numerous artist albums sold world-wide. Mostly known in the genres of Dance and Chillout music, her songs feature heavily on such Cult Artist Compilations such as Cafe Del Mar, Buddha Bar, Hed Kandi,...
Other
- Starlight, an EP by Regie HammRegie HammRegie Hamm is an American singer-songwriter. He has multiple credits as a songwriter, producer, musician , and artist.-Early and personal life:...
- Starlight ExpressStarlight ExpressStarlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Richard Stilgoe and Arlene Phillips , with later revisions by Don Black and David Yazbek . The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates...
, a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
, Richard StilgoeRichard StilgoeRichard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician. He is noted for clever wordplay as much as for his music....
and Arlene PhillipsArlene PhillipsArlene Phillips OBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment...
- Starlight MintsStarlight MintsStarlight Mints are an indie pop band from Norman, Oklahoma. The band was formed in the '90s and has varied in size between four and seven members. The current lineup consists of Allan Vest , Andy Nunez , Marian Love Nunez , Ryan Lindsey and Javier Gonzales...
, an indie/psychedelic pop band from Norman, Oklahoma - StarLight LiveStarLight LiveJoey Yung's sixth major concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum and third world tour, the venture was a major success gaining positive feedback from fans, musicians/celebrities, DJs, and the media alike; with 14 shows in Hong Kong and 25 shows altogether, StarLight Live marks as Yung's biggest concert...
, a concert series by Joey Yung - The StarlightThe StarlightThe Starlight, 167 N. College Ave., was a bar and concert venue in Old Town Fort Collins, Colorado. The bar was known as "Mountain Tap" for many years, before a late '90s name change. The bar went through a series of owners in the mid-2000s, including a collective headed by Joe Vader and Lucky Kerig...
, the former name of a music venue in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States - The Starlights, former band & performing name of Stanley BeckfordStanley BeckfordStanley Beckford is a Jamaican born Mento singer, songwriter, and 2001 Jamaica Independence Festival song contest winner.-Early life:Beckford was born in the north-eastern Jamaican parish of Portland. His mother died during his infancy...
- Jackie & the StarlitesJackie & the StarlitesJackie & the Starlites were an American doo wop group active between 1960 and 1963.Their leader, Jackie LaRue, sang with The Five Wings and The Dubs prior to joining the Starlites in 1960. They are best known for the single "Valerie" , cut for Fury Records in 1960. The song reached the lower...
, American doo wop group
Places
- Starlight, IndianaStarlight, IndianaStarlight is an unincorporated community in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. Addresses in Starlight are listed as part of nearby Borden.-Attractions:...
, U.S., an unincorporated community - Starlight, PennsylvaniaStarlight, PennsylvaniaStarlight is an unincorporated community in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it lies about 30 miles southeast of Binghamton, New York, along Pennsylvania Route 370. The geographic coordinates are 41.5418N -75.1952W ....
, U.S., an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Coast StarlightCoast StarlightThe Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...
, an Amtrak train - MV Starlight, a Hong Kong cargo ship
- Starlight Bowl (disambiguation)
- Starlight Children's Foundation, a charitable organization
- Starlight Information Visualization SystemStarlight Information Visualization SystemStarlight is a software product originally developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and now by Future Point Systems. It is an advanced visual analysis environment...
, a visual analysis software application - Starlight problem, an objection to Young-Earth Creationism
- Starlight Theatre (disambiguation)
- Starlight toursStarlight toursA starlight tour is the non-sanctioned police practice of picking up individuals in their cruisers, mostly homeless, drug addicts, or other such marginalized people, and taking them outside of town where they would be beaten and/or abandoned on the side of the road.A suspected case in Canada...
, a police practice - Starlight (train), a Southern Pacific train
- StarLightChat, a free uk based chatroom
See also
- StarliteStarliteStarlite is a material claimed to be able to withstand and insulate from extremes of heat.Starlite was invented by amateur chemist Maurice Ward during the 1970s and 1980s, and received a large amount of publicity in 1993 thanks to Tomorrow's World...
, a heat-resistant polymer - StarLiteStarliteStarlite is a material claimed to be able to withstand and insulate from extremes of heat.Starlite was invented by amateur chemist Maurice Ward during the 1970s and 1980s, and received a large amount of publicity in 1993 thanks to Tomorrow's World...
, a Sirius Satellite Radio station - Stardust (disambiguation)