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Heavenly Wonder Of Ancient China Goes On Show (1,300 Year-Old Star-Chart)
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| 5-3-2004
Posted on 05/03/2004 4:02:04 PM PDT by blam
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05/03/2004 4:02:05 PM PDT
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blam
To: farmfriend
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:05:24 PM PDT
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blam
To: JimSEA
Dunhuang is the location of The Jade Gate. Jim, who do you think were the people in this location in 700AD?
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05/03/2004 4:08:36 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
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05/03/2004 4:10:46 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
How was it dated?
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:12:43 PM PDT
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tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: tallhappy
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:41:02 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
Hey, I thought I named that star!?!?!
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:42:45 PM PDT
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steveo
(Wagonqueen Family Truckster - You think you hate it now... just wait until you drive it!)
To: Charge Carrier
Bronze Age Star Chart
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05/03/2004 4:49:58 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
VERY cool!
Thank you for sharing it!
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:55:24 PM PDT
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tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: blam
It also represents the sky as a sphere projected on a cylinder, a modern technique first adopted in Europe in the 15th century. No, a technique invented by Archimedes in 250 BC.
And if the picture is an accurate representation of this Chinese star chart, it is a lot more crude than the one made by Hipparkhos of Nicaea in about 150 BC.
The first modern star chart, by the way, had nothing to do with Galileo. It was compiled by Tycho de Brahe in the late 16th century, and no, he did not have a telescope.
To: blam
The find seems ver consistent with both the Chinese and Indo-Iranian (and others) traditions and archaeology. The excellence of the map makes one think of high country observations don't they (faint stars)? I can't find anything on it but I seem to remember early observatories in the Hindu Kush? Does that ring a bell?????
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05/03/2004 6:25:20 PM PDT
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JimSEA
( "More Bush, Less Taxes.")
To: John Locke
I agree.
To: JimSEA
"Does that ring a bell?????" My memory is shot. I guess the Iranians had made it into that area by that time.
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05/03/2004 8:56:43 PM PDT
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blam
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05/04/2004 11:51:11 AM PDT
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farmfriend
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To: JimSEA
The find seems ver consistent with both the Chinese and Indo-Iranian (and others) traditions and archaeology. The excellence of the map makes one think of high country observations don't they (faint stars)? I can't find anything on it but I seem to remember early observatories in the Hindu Kush? Does that ring a bell?????It made me wonder if they were collecting any astronomical information from observatories in the Himalayas.
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05/04/2004 12:48:30 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: John Locke
It seems like Brahe never gets credit for some reason :) BTW on Archimedes, an interesting point there is that the Hellenist astronomers were drawing from a long tradition of observations stretching back to the Egyptians and Babylonians as well. Ancients like Aristarchus had surprisingly advanced astronomical knowledge.
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05/04/2004 12:53:44 PM PDT
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Fedora
To: Fedora
Same here.
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05/04/2004 2:45:05 PM PDT
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JimSEA
( "More Bush, Less Taxes.")
To: blam
The chart does not look super-accurate. They had astrolabes and could have make an accurate chart.
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05/04/2004 2:47:46 PM PDT
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RightWhale
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05/22/2005 9:16:28 PM PDT
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