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fourteen-day (full) moon The full moon rises as the sun sets on the 14th day of the lunar month. A small telescope, such as the 70mm f.8.7 Televue Ranger I’m using for this series of sketches is a perfect instrument for full moon viewing. So are binoculars. The moon is [...] Galileo’s Trapezium My Trapezium sketches
Galileo’s observed the Trapezium stars in the sword of Orion on February 4, 1617. He labeled the three stars “c”, “g”, and “i”. These stars are known now as the “D”, “C” and “A” components of Theta 1 Orionis, or 41 Orionis. He did not see the fainter [...] Folio page 28 manuscript copy of Sidereus Nuncius sketch of 3-day old waxing moon 2-28-09 sketch of 5-day old waxing moon sketch of 14-day (full) moon 3/11/09 Galileo’s watercolor drawings were made with brown ink wash on watercolor paper. To me, these are the most beautiful of Galileo’s astronomical renderings. When I look at the [...] Galileo telescope replica and my TV Ranger Galileo's 1609 telescope There were separate housings at either end for the objective and the eyepiece When I started thinking about how to integrate International Year of Astronomy into my 2009 What’s Up podcasts I naturally focused on Galileo’s first observations through a telescope 400 years [...] |
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