Today is the day I turn 55, so here is a 55-pointed star to mark the ocassion. It’s composed of eleven five-pointed stars, which works because (5)(11) = 55.
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Tessellation Featuring Regular Hexagons and {9,4} Enneagrams, as Well as Other Polygons
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Two Rhombic Triacontahedra, Each Decorated with Birthday Stars
In yesterday’s post, I unveiled my annual birthday star for my new age, 54. Today, I’m placing that 54-pointed star on each of the thirty faces of a rhombic triacontahedron. I use a program called Stella 4d (free trial available right here) to do this, and it allows images on polyhedron-faces to either be placed inside the face, or around the face. Here’s the “inside” version:
And here is the “around each face” version:
Which one do you like better?
My Birthday Star for 2022
Three Regular Enneagrams, Each Made of Three Equilateral Triangles
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Eight Overlapping {8/3} Star Octagons
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A Starry Icosidodecahedron
The stars on the pentagonal faces were drawn using Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint. The icosidodecahedron itself was created using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, which you can try for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.