Quiet Star

Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star

The Army-Lockheed YO-3A "Quiet Star" is an American single-engined, propeller-driven aircraft that was developed for battlefield observation during the Vietnam War. Designed to be as quiet as possible, it was intended to observe troop movements in near-silence during the hours of darkness.

Star

A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated 1022 to 1024 stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye—all within the Milky Way galaxy.

quiet

Adjective

1. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
2. Having little motion or activity; calm.

Verb

1. To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
2. To become quiet or calm.

star

Noun

1. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
2. A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.

Verb

1. To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
2. To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.