Visiting the Prague astronomical clock.

Did an 11th Century Monk Realize Halley's Comet was Periodic? YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

Debunking a viral article.

Constellation Mythologies - Lyra YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39N...

Sorry for no new YouTube videos. I've been working on something that's going to take awhile....

Astronomical Alignments of the Kasta Tomb YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

I'm planning on heading to Greece this fall, but this site is not (yet) open to the public.

Constellation Mythologies - Cygnus YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

Trigger warning for Zeus being Zeus.

Three images of a diagram from the Almagest. The first is from BnF MS Grec 2389 (c600-800 CE). The second is from BnF MS Lat 16200 (1213 CE), and the last is a modern diagram from G.J. Toomer's translation in 1998. All of them depict an outer circle, an inner circle, and various diameters and chords drawn within them.

It's fun to look back at manuscripts and, even without being able to read them, recognizing the same figures over hundreds of years.

"When God made everything according to measure and number, He chose hard ones for astronomy."
~ J. L. Heilbron, "The Sun in the Church"

I bought a copy of that when I first came out. I can't remember if I read it or not...

The Real History Behind "Orb: On the Movements of the Earth" YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

Did you know that Netflix has an anime on SCA period astronomy?
Of course I reviewed it.

Kitāb al-Diryāq. Kitāb al-Diryāq. -- 1198 -- manuscrits

Source

Illuminated 12th century Arabic manuscript. The center features a seated woman holding an upturned crescent moon. She is flanked by two other figures in a circle. The circle has two dragon heads protruding from the top. This is all placed within a square which has a figure in each of the corners. Arabic text in blue is at the top and bottom of the figure.

Check out the Double Dragons near the top of this 12th century manuscript? It's not a video game reference, but believed to be a reference to the pseudo-planet al-Jawzahr which was a dragon that represented the lunar nodes, and would eat the sun/moon as a cause of eclipses.

Tapestry of the Astrolabes from the Museum of Tapestries and Textiles in Toledo.

Astronomical Instrumentation Before the Telescope - Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

What did astronomers use before there were telescopes?

The "Dissent from Darwin" list. Also included a lot of engineers.

Astronomy Before the Telescope Channel Intro YouTube video by Astronomy Before the Telescope

While I had everything set up for recording a new video, I rerecorded the channel introduction. Amazing how much better it is with a few months of experience.