amazing connections again 777.
61 is a hex number aka a centered hexagonal number
61 is a Pillai prime number.
61 is a Keith number because it recurs in a Fibonacci-like sequence started from its base 10 digits: 6, 1, 7, 8, 15, 23, 38, 61
I dropped out of Victoria school district 61 as a teen.
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In astronomy
# Messier object M61, a magnitude 10.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo
# The New General Catalogue object NGC 61, a double spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
# The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -973 May 10 and ended on 289 June 5. The duration of Saros series 61 was 1262.1 years, and it contained 71 solar eclipses.
# The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -870 October 20 and ended on 609 March 26. The duration of Saros series 61 was 1478.4 years, and it contained 83 lunar eclipses.
# 61 Ursae Majoris is located about 31.1 light-years from Sol.
# 61 Cygni was christened the "Flying Star" in 1792 by Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) for its unusually large proper motion.
# At age 61, W.C. Fields starred in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1941
# At age 61, President Harry Truman decided to drop the atom bomb in 1945
# At age 61, President Richard Nixon, resigned the presidency in 1974. He was succeed by Gerald Ford, also age 61
# 61A is the London address of Margot Wendice (Grace Kelly) and Tony Wendice(Ray Milland) in the movie "Dial M for Murder"
# 1 Liberty Place is Philadelphia's tallest building at 61 stories
# New York Yankees Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961