Arguably, a hobby’s greatest benefit is derived from its rewards. I’ve been an avid backyard astronomer for 60 years. I still recall the night in 1963 when my high school friend Ray Gerbi showed me ...
The Ancient Egyptians were meticulous astronomers and recorded the passage of the heavens in extraordinary detail. The goal was to mark the passage of time and to understand the will of the Gods who ...
The Ancient Egyptian papyrus Cairo 86637 calendar is the oldest preserved historical document of naked eye observations of a variable star, the eclipsing binary Algol -- a manifestation of Horus, a ...
A lovely constellation that straddles the Milky Way is Perseus, the hero, which is visible in the northern skies from July to March. Its stars arc from Capella, in the constellation Auriga, to the "W" ...
HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 17 (UPI) --Researchers have finally confirmed the ancient Egyptian's direct knowledge of variable star Algol and its periodic eclipses. Algol is one of the best known eclipsing ...
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