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May 12th, 2004 | #1 |
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practical astronomy
I enjoy stargazing. I think it's good to know for land navigation, and also helps amuse oneself if outside for prolonged periods at night. Moreover, the zodiac reminds us of significant mythic topics worth contemplation.
Here is a good website to help learn to read the sky: http://www.space.com/ My kids love to hear about the stars and it would be a worthwhile lead-in to both astronomy science and mythology. |
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June 2nd, 2004 | #3 |
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Not to mention the most practical use of astronomy: navigation.
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June 7th, 2004 | #4 |
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orienteering
yep, actually I did mention land navigation. Orienteering is a good sport to learn to do this with a compass. In the age of the GPS device, land navigation is becoming a lost art.
of course sailors may have kept up with it much better than most... |
June 23rd, 2004 | #5 |
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I love to stargaze.
Even if to only see the exact same our ancestors saw. That to me is mindblowing. Our landscape changes, but the sky hardly ever does The Spanish Canary islands off the African coast, is brilliant to see meteors ! |
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