The Starry Skies

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"In the year 1531 a comet was seen in the Netherlands which showered fiery flames like a blacksmith making sparks from iron." Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch, c. 1550
Digital Collections | AMNH - The three solar eclipses seen in the United States in 1918, 1923, and 1925, center panel in triptych, solar eclipse as seen from Lompoc, California, 1923
Solar eclipse as seen from Lompoc, California, 1923, center panel in triptych, The three solar eclipses seen in the United States in 1918, 1923, and 1925, by Howard Russell Butler, 1925
Vintage Illustrated Large Flash Card Science Chart Poster | Etsy
Love this >> Vintage Illustrated Large Flash Card Science by TotallyOldSchool
Incredible Miniature Paintings Of Galaxies, Animals And Books By Lorraine Loots
Lorraine Loots, an expert at creating tiny art “for ants,” is back with a new series of mind-bogglingly small (and beautiful) paintings of animals, space, and her favorite books.
Arabic in the Sky
Most of the Arabic star names we know today can be traced back to the treatises of al-Sufi, a Persian astronomer of the 10th century who wrote in Arabic. His Book of Constellations of the Fixed Stars built on Ptolemy’s second-century Almagest. This plate is a 15th-century interpretation of al-Sufi’s constellations of Centaurus and Leo.