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	As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.		As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.

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			As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.

	= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =		= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =
	~~[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]~~This is the general description of the course/series.		This is the general description of the course/series.
	<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>


	As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.

	== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==

Bferrell at 17:10, 20 March 2019

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	[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]~~= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =~~		= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =
	This is the general description of the course/series.		[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]This is the general description of the course/series.
	<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>


			As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.

	As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.
	== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==
	[[Image:AA_E1.jpg\|left]] I really liked Episode 1 as it starts to describe Stonehenge and importance of tracking the motions of the sun to its northern and southern extremes at the solstices for tracking the seasons, and thus why building alignments to determine this were important.</br>		[[Image:AA_E1.jpg\|left]] I really liked Episode 1 as it starts to describe Stonehenge and importance of tracking the motions of the sun to its northern and southern extremes at the solstices for tracking the seasons, and thus why building alignments to determine this were important.</br>

Bferrell at 17:09, 20 March 2019

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	[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.		[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =

	= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =
	This is the general description of the course/series.		This is the general description of the course/series.
	<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''In a world without artificial lights, the night sky was ablaze with over a thousand stars, whose patterns illustrated stories people had heard since childhood. Thus, ancient people viewed the sky differently than we do. Skywatching was crucial to daily life, since the motions of the heavens served as timekeeper, calendar, compass, and almanac for planning when to plant and harvest. The perfect regularity of celestial cycles was the only guaranteed aspect of life and inspired a wide range of religious and philosophical views, as different cultures struggled to grasp the unseen forces that govern the cosmos.''</blockquote>



			As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.
	== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 1 Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy [[Image:4.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==
	[[Image:AA_E1.jpg\|left]] I really liked Episode 1 as it starts to describe Stonehenge and importance of tracking the motions of the sun to its northern and southern extremes at the solstices for tracking the seasons, and thus why building alignments to determine this were important.</br>		[[Image:AA_E1.jpg\|left]] I really liked Episode 1 as it starts to describe Stonehenge and importance of tracking the motions of the sun to its northern and southern extremes at the solstices for tracking the seasons, and thus why building alignments to determine this were important.</br>

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	As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.		[[Image:ancient astronomy.jpg\|left]]As I mentioned on the main [[The_Great_Courses\|The Great Courses]] page, I like this show pretty well, and would recommend it as a good introduction to the history of astronomy and of the development of calendars and time keeping, as well as navigation.

	= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =		= The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy =

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	== Episode 24 Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics [[Image:4-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 24 Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics [[Image:4-stars.png\|100px]] ==
	[[Image:AA_E24.jpg\|left]] This was really good. It's fascinating that some of the ancients were good, and disciplined, enough to make observations of sufficient quality to enable future discoveries and determinations to be made.		[[Image:AA_E24.jpg\|left]] This was really good. It's fascinating that some of the ancients were good, and disciplined, enough to make observations of sufficient quality to enable future discoveries and determinations to be made by careful tracking and noting the differences.
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	<blockquote>''Finish the course by seeing how ancient records of eclipses and supernova explosions have refined our modern understanding of Earth-Moon dynamics and stellar processes - proving that today's cutting-edge astrophysicists…''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''Finish the course by seeing how ancient records of eclipses and supernova explosions have refined our modern understanding of Earth-Moon dynamics and stellar processes - proving that today's cutting-edge astrophysicists…''</blockquote>
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	== Episode 24 Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics [[Image:3-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 24 Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics [[Image:4-stars.png\|100px]] ==
	[[Image:AA_E24.jpg\|left]]		[[Image:AA_E24.jpg\|left]] This was really good. It's fascinating that some of the ancients were good, and disciplined, enough to make observations of sufficient quality to enable future discoveries and determinations to be made.
	</br>		</br>
	<blockquote>''Finish the course by seeing how ancient records of eclipses and supernova explosions have refined our modern understanding of Earth-Moon dynamics and stellar processes - proving that today's cutting-edge astrophysicists…''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''Finish the course by seeing how ancient records of eclipses and supernova explosions have refined our modern understanding of Earth-Moon dynamics and stellar processes - proving that today's cutting-edge astrophysicists…''</blockquote>
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	[[Image:AA_E23.jpg\|left]]		[[Image:AA_E23.jpg\|left]] A nice wrapping up.
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	<blockquote>''Review the state of astronomy in 1500. Then chart the revolution sparked by Copernicus's heliocentric theory of the Sun and planets. Learn how Copernicus was the last of the ancient…''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''Review the state of astronomy in 1500. Then chart the revolution sparked by Copernicus's heliocentric theory of the Sun and planets. Learn how Copernicus was the last of the ancient…''</blockquote>

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	== Episode 22 Star Catalogs from around the World [[Image:3-stars.png\|100px]] ==		== Episode 22 Star Catalogs from around the World [[Image:2.5-stars.png\|100px]] ==
	[[Image:AA_E22.jpg\|left]]		[[Image:AA_E22.jpg\|left]] Meh. It was OK, and the recounting of his research was interesting enough, if not really important.
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	<blockquote>''The genius of Greek astronomy is epitomized by the star catalogs of Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Professor Schaefer recounts his exciting discovery of a star chart apparently influenced by Hipparchus's lost…''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''The genius of Greek astronomy is epitomized by the star catalogs of Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Professor Schaefer recounts his exciting discovery of a star chart apparently influenced by Hipparchus's lost…''</blockquote>

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	[[Image:AA_E21.jpg\|left]]		[[Image:AA_E21.jpg\|left]] Ptolemy was huge, so this was pretty interesting.
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	<blockquote>''Ptolemy has been called the greatest astronomer of antiquity. But was he? Evaluate his reputation by focusing on his star catalog, celestial coordinate system, and magnitude scale. Then gauge the…''</blockquote>		<blockquote>''Ptolemy has been called the greatest astronomer of antiquity. But was he? Evaluate his reputation by focusing on his star catalog, celestial coordinate system, and magnitude scale. Then gauge the…''</blockquote>