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King Alfonso X "the Wise" (b. 1221) was a noted scholar who pioneered the translation of Arabic and Andalusian astronomical works into vernacular Castilian. His multicultural court was active in ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...

Ireland was home to the world’s largest telescope during its “Golden Age” and County Armagh remains home to the oldest planetarium in the British Isles. Michael O’Shea explores astronomy's incredible ...

pt. I. Astronomy in art -- Monet and Turner, masters of sea and sky -- Vincent van Gogh and starry skies over France -- Edvard Munch : mysterious skies in Norway -- Yosemite moonrises and moonbows -- ...

In all of Montana, Helena boasts the richest and longest astronomy history. Hosting Montana's oldest observatory on the Carroll College campus and the oldest continually operating astronomy club, ...