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A February Valentine's Day Lovers Treat

Posted by Warren Wong on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, In : open clusters 

To join star crossed hearts in love

February Astrophysics

During the month of February the human journey to the beginning of space and time takes lovers on a trip to experience the light fantastic in heart-shaped open cluster NGC 1662. Star crossed lovers can join the journey in the mighty Hunter’s shield, which many star travellers view as a golden lion pelt draped over Orion’s outstretched arms.

NGC 1662 lies farther north on the celestial sphere, 1.8 degrees west-northwest of Pi Orion...


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400th Anniversary of First Scientific Publication on Sunspots

Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, April 2, 2011, In : sunspot observations 
The first recorded observations of sunspots are recorded in the texts of Chinese astronomers of thousands of years ago and we know England's Thomas Harriot mentions them in his recordings during December of the year 1610. This year marks the 400th anniversary of this first observation and to mark this occasion on the calendar of the human journey to the beginning of space and time we'll talk a little about the history of sunspot observations and observers.

The first recorded scientific publica...
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Caelumi Plensaum gen Lumeninis " It's Full of Stars"

Posted by Warren Wong on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, In : Ancient Star Astronomy 
NASA photo. 
Take a walk deep into the darkness of a cold, clear night, far from the glare of interfering human light, and you can gaze upward at a night sky filled with stars-of-wonder, much like your first ancestors did for the first time thousands of years in the past. Lay the back of your head on the cold Earth for a few hours and stare deeply into the vastness of the night's sky before your eyes and watch the stars parade across the sky as they have since the birth of spaceshipearth1....

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Worshipping Sol

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : Ancient Star Astronomy 
 The energy of the sun effects all life on Earth in ways we don't even imagine
Three separate instruments aboard Hinode will study Sol. NASA photos

The original source of energy for all life on Earth, Sol has always ruled the lives and minds of human beings in many ways. The ruler of the day time sky in ancient times and still today, Sol was worshipped by ancient humans of many cultures, and will always be a major force in the life of every human being on Earth. The Sumerians worshipp...


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Ancient Star Astronomy

Posted by Warren Wong on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Ancient Star Astronomy 
Humans have been looking upward in awe and wonder at the skies during both the night and day time for thousands of years searching for answers to questions essential to life on Earth. This experience led them to devise whole belief systems based on the celestial bodies they viewed in the heavens above them and the effects the interactions of these celestial bodies has for humans and life on Earth.
Photo courtesy of Memo

Science has revealed that the Sumerians were one of the earliest recorded ...
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