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After seeing Aquarius drawn in a way that makes sense, I
thought if people were given freedom to try and discover
the original ancient sky drawings, perhaps they would
come up with some things better than the current
drawings.
The website would show the originals, the context in
Babylonian
Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures
and ancient drawings of the gods and signs.
(and perhaps Jewish as well - they may have an input, as
the Jewish calendar had taken from the Babylonian via the
names of the months, the Egyptian beliefs - incorporated
in the biblical texts, the Ancient Canaanite and Phoenician
culture - listed in the book of Job and in Psalms, and the
Hellenistic culture as well, as incorporated in the Talmudic
writings. )
You could also try and explain your depictions.
And of course a place to vote and annotate.
Water bucket?
http://www.rocketmi...riusCapricornus.gif
A drawing of anything but that [pashute, Jun 24 2013, last modified Jun 26 2013]
Maybe...
http://www.yournews...-final-Acuarius.jpg
[pashute, Jun 24 2013]
This one simply makes sense
http://marianneohag...constellation20.jpg
Man standing over well, holding pail with handles and pouring water [pashute, Jun 24 2013, last modified Jun 26 2013]
And then you have these
http://prof77.files...2/02/18aquarius.gif
ooh do they aggravate [pashute, Jun 24 2013]
I couldn't get past the first one!
http://www.kidsastr...stellation_hunt.htm
[xandram, Jun 25 2013]
Well, they must have drawn..
http://i.ebayimg.co...ZNOzw7dQ~~60_12.JPG
...their own Constellation.. [not_morrison_rm, Jun 26 2013]
Sadly, they got the wrong constellation
http://en.wikipedia...ki/El_Al_Flight_402
[pashute, Jun 26 2013]
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That's Duckie, this one is Horsey and that constellation over there is Mr Angry. |
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I think I'd go with the modern or post modern
approach: |
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This constellation is lines and points #1, that one is
lines and points #2... |
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Of course there's always the dadaist approach, where
none of the lines actually connect to any stars. |
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What most people don't appreciate is that things were a lot
simpler back in the days of the Greeks. |
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Bears, for example, were much less evolved in those days,
and consisted of only a handful of dots connected by
straight lines. Crabs, to pick another example, had far
fewer legs at that time. |
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Evolution has, of course, made bears and crabs more
complex; the constellations, needless to say, have not kept
pace. |
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The only two constellations to have retained their accuracy
are "Punctum" - The Point - consisting of the fourth
magnitude blue-white star Alpha Puncti; and "Graphium
Major" - the Great Pencil - consisting of the red giant Alpha
Magni Graphium and its distant yellow companion Beta
Magni Graphium. |
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Also, are you going to have light haze filters, so you
can specify whether your constellations should be
viewed from a field in the middle of
nowhere, or whether they are designed for a NYC
rooftop? |
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Or, even better, also viewing restrictions, so you can
have ones designed for NYC street level. |
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Obviously none of you ever appreciated the
Cygnus (Swan) constellation and explained it to
boy scouts. |
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Anyway, with dots only, you can do some amazing
accomplishments. |
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See the three links: The first is Aquarius, (In
Hebrew translated as: Water bucket) looking like
anything but. The second shows something that
could be explained as a water bearer. The third
simply makes sense. It shows a man leaning over a
well, HOLDING A PAIL with handles, and pouring
water. Simple as that. And all
with connect-the-dots. |
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[This anno has been edited from the use of the
word BUCKET, which may have unintended
connotations by some of the readers] |
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^ All you need now is a walrus. |
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[+] A way to learn the sky and to hear about hippo-lizard-ducks from Babylonia at the same time. |
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[Maxwell] actually made me laugh! I see that Leo looks like a remote-controlled mouse. [see link for kid's astronomy] |
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//walrus ?// internet meme. walrus - bucket. |
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If one were to be uber-pedantic, this has already been done, in a manner of speaking..see linky |
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OK. Sorry. I changed the words. It used to be the
problem of the Russian
language. |
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I once was at the dining room at IBM Haifa
Research and a few Russian Jews who had recently
immigrated (following the Chernobylska Katastrofa)
were talking to each other. After listening, I asked
my giant friend: Alex, what does "Pashli" mean? |
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He replied in his bellowing voice: Masheh! Never
say a word in Russian out loud, if you don't know
what it means! |
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I found that out myself at Kibbutz Meuhad (sp?) 1994...no one died, so that was ok. |
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Dammit, I want to do "rub your own Constellations " now, but it would be an echo. You sneak up on the Constellation in the museum and break out the paper and crayon. |
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Handy for industrial espionage as well, "Oh, is this a stealth bomber, I thought it was a Sopwith Camel...." then walk off with rubbing paper, no one will suspect. |
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Thanks! BTW who IS morrison? |
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And how can someone leave a personal note in hb?
wait! next idea (probably thought of already)
[edit:
yup] |
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And [Xandra], thanks too. Its because the sky in
the
picture isn't the way it really looks, much easier in
the real world, where you see less stars, with a
bigger contrast. |
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AND they get the constellations all wrong (no W in
Cassiopeia) and don't "explain" what you should be
looking for. |
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The game is a good idea, but needs some
sharpening. |
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