#astronomical map

[blondebrainpowered]

NASA's Chief of Astronomy Dr. Nancy Roman, briefs Buzz Aldrin who would go on to make three spacewalks and become the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong, 1965.

[aileenhan]

‘korea traditional astronomical map’ medal design contest

Mar. 2018

The treasure that shows the excellence of Joseon science, the constellation of the korea traditional astronomical map, and the Milky Way. In particular, the expression of the Milky Way was designed to reproduce the delicate starlight with ‘ Mother-of-pearl’.

조선 과학의 우수성을 보여주는 보물, 천상열차분야지도의 별자리와 은하수를 그대로 재현. 특히 은하수표현은 자개를 넣어 오묘한 별빛을 재현할 수 있도록 디자인 하였다.

[anenlighteningellipsis]

The Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Before this map, much of the star information mentioned in historical Chinese texts had been questioned. The map provides a graphical verification of the star observations, and are part of a series of pictures on one of the Dunhuang manuscripts. The astronomy behind the map is explained in an educational resource posted on the website of the International Dunhuang Project, where much of the research on the map has been done. The Dunhuang Star map is to date the world's oldest complete preserved star atlas.

[taketothewind]

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