Night Sky
Poets, common people, children and adults alike, we all wonder at the beauty of the night sky once in a while. There is magic to the night’s majestic picture, and they way people have perceived it throughout the ages of history. Most antique cultures focused on the study of the sky map and organized all their major life events accordingly: cults of the sun, ritual astronomic sites, calenders and even legends and myths gravitate around constellations, stars and other celestial bodies. And all these start from the premises that Earth is connected by invisible links with the rest of the bodies in the universe. Modern man focuses less on the night sky.
Presently we have other means to study the night sky and different purposes in mind: we search for scientific evidence to support the theory of UFO visitation, we now admire major cosmic events through huge telescopes that get an insight of the inner life of the galaxy or we simply feel fascinated by the beauty of the high spheres. The picture of the night sky is different according to the time of the year and the movement of the earth around the sun. Many things have been discovered in time, and plenty are waiting hidden ever since the Greeks gave the first name to the constellations.
A major factor that prevents the proper observation of the night sky is pollution. One thing is for sure, a large metropolis with lots of industrial activity and plenty of cars running permanently make a lousy astronomy observation spot. Many people claim to have seen the most beautiful of night sky panoramas in the mountains, where the altitude increases panorama viewing because of the rarer atmosphere. The clearer the sky, the better the visibility of the night sky. For people who have astronomy as a hobby, the study of the constellations by means of various softwares and private telescopes is definitely rewarding.
Last but not least, the study of the zodiac is directly related to the position of the stars on the night sky. Every sign of the zodiac has an afferent constellation, and the study of the sun and earth moves as well as the position of the planets and the stars in the night sky influence the zodiac. This is in fact the astrological explanation why people born under the same sign share a set of similarities. All in all, we have never stopped keeping the eyes focused on the universe, as the interdependence is sometimes more than obvious.
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