[adelaiiu]

[webhoards]

[glitchcosmos]

extremely glad to be reading this and understanding it, apart from needing to look up new words every two seconds.

[glitchcosmos]

Ian Collings +

[3rabbit]

milky way of lilium japonicum - flickr 2013

[glitchcosmos]

As astronomer and Yerkes staff member William Morgan was working to help discover the spiral arms of the Milky Way, he used a styrofoam board and some pins to map out stars and create a 3D model. He received a standing ovation for his findings after presenting his work at the American Astronomical Society meeting in December 1951. Although the model is no longer at Yerkes, photographs of it were recently discovered in the building.

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[ltwilliammowett]

Two combined nocturnals, sundials and lunar volvelles, by Linge de Foy, 16th century

This navigation tool was used to calculate time at night. Similar to an astrolabe or a sundial clock. A pointer, much like a hand on a  clock, determines the time at night based on the position of the North  Star in relation to another constellation, such as Ursa Minor (the  Little Dipper).

[glitchcosmos]

I called and the universe used book store answered.

[04k96]

[art-collecteur]

Amulets and votive offerings from Lebanon

Museum of International Folk Art

[glitchcosmos]

[glitchcosmos]

today was space day at work :p

[mollybeenoel]

[wandering-cemeteries]

Rock cut tomb, possibly Early Christian or Byzantine. A large number of rock cut tombs were carved out at the top of the Ancient Greek Theater. (I went looking for more info. Even Italian sources failed me.)

Syracuse, Sicily

Feb. 2024

[archivearchangelica]

2009

[everythingfor]

Magdalen Wong

[quiltofstars]

Arp 271: NGC 5427 (top) and NGC 5426 (bottom) // Thierry Holer