THE HORIZON AS AN OBSERVATORY
Abstract
This article is a simple illustration of a series of lessons concerning “horizon astronomy”.
In the large terrace above our school, in open air, students observe the local horizon and make a large, circular drawing of the skyline. It becomes an astronomical observatory: on the plotted skyline, the rising and sunset points of the sun, the moon and the stars can be registered in a long-term activity, as well as the ancient astronomers did. The first organisation of space (the orientation) and the first measure of time (a sort of calendar) just started like this.
creato da Leonarda Fucili
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21/04/2008 00:24