Of course, there was no light pollution in those days and people had little else to do beside look at the night sky and wonder. And look for food of course.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
For You Scorpios
Heck yea, click the pic and read the description. It's beyond me how people looked at some random formation of stars and decided to make them constellations with names.
Of course, there was no light pollution in those days and people had little else to do beside look at the night sky and wonder. And look for food of course.
Of course, there was no light pollution in those days and people had little else to do beside look at the night sky and wonder. And look for food of course.
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that's a good point! If you join other stars up, they make whatever your mind makes them look like, too! Why THESE?
ReplyDeleteZ, again - the intent and the selection and naming are beyond me... Horsehead Nebula? Sure! 14 stars in the sky? I don't get it. Unless SHE wants me to get it then dang heck yea ! A scorpion ! I see it ! Kiss me baby !
DeleteI have trouble seeing anything that looks like a "scorpion" here, but I think I might have a clue or two as to how the constellations got their names.
ReplyDeleteDid'nt you ever lie on your back on a beach or an open field as a child, and play games looking at the clouds trying to decide what objects or animals the cloud formations resembled?
Lots of us did that –– with our parents too –– 65-70-odd years ago.
Don't you think the ancients, who didn't, as you say, have to deal with light pollution, play similar games looking at the night sky when they had nothing else to do –– like working very hard to secure SURVIVAL for just another day or two?
My dad taught me to identify Orion, The Big Dipper, Cassiopoeia's Chair (The Big W), but that was about it. I know from the cei]ling of Grand Central Station –– a wonderful work of art depicting most of the major constellations with the stars thar make them up backlighted in the ceiling –– that there are dozens of others.
My dad could identify in nature more than the few I mentioned, but most of them escaped our notice.
I think ancient cultures and different peoples in the modern world see DIFFERENT patterns in the stars and call them by DIFFERENT names, but the practice goes back thousands of years.
The caacity to WONDER is what sets Man apart from all the other living creatures, –– at least as far as we know.
Franco, Yes, I agree, we did those things too. People back then did also have some Odd thoughts about the stars. For example, some people thought the stars were peep holse and that beings of some nature would spy on us through them. Then there was that Chinese dude who thought a chair with rockets could get him to the moon.
DeleteYea, food, sex and looking at the stars. Hey, if it was sex and looking at the stars at the same time, the women probably named all the constellations.
I wish that we could see the canopy of stars here in Northern Virginia -- as we did on clear nights before this area became one huge edge city.
ReplyDeleteProgress? Pfffft. It has too much damn ambien light.
AOW, Halfway between Phoenix and Sedona offers up some pretty good views. The sky is mostly clear too. We're lucky we can see the moon most nights here in Cincy, especially in winter.
DeleteBernie Sanders just crossed the line into ‘full blown insanity' stating that Felons Should Be Able To Vote While In They Are In Prison !
ReplyDeleteTyrone, If you look at Bernie's personal history I'll challenge you to find a bigger piece of shit as a human being - beside the clintons.
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