Category Archives: Historical

Sextants in Celestial Navigation

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Leo Silva

Blog #2 – Leo Celestial navigation– also known as “astronavigation”– is a practice of nearly 4,000 years (HistoryHit, How Celestial Navigation Changed Maritime History) where an individual can determine their location in space or the Earth’s surface using the positions of other celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon, other planets, and stars. Throughout history, […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Ian Vasquez

Tycho Brahe (12/14/1546-10/24/1601) Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I – Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated from Catholic Church by Pope Pius V on charge of heresy Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day – Thousands of French Protestants killed by Catholics in Paris William Shakespeare – Arguably the greatest contributor to literature ever with with works like Hamlet and […] Continue reading →

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HW3- Historical Figures in Context

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Mercedes

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Tycho Brahe was important in the history of astronomy. He created many new astronomical instruments and accurately calibrated them. Tycho was one of the first to correct for “atmospheric refraction.” In addition to this, he and his assistants discovered several anomalies that would lead to the future astronomical developments and models. Photo […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context -Leo

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Leo Silva

Johannes KeplerAccess more information about him here:1) New Mexico Space Museum2) American Museum of Natural History The Thirty Years WarAccess more information about the Thirty Years War here:1) History.com Publication of Shakespeare’s WorksAccess more information about the publication of Shakespeare’s works here:1) Royal Shakespeare Company René DescartesAccess more infromation about René Descartes here:1) Internet Encyclopedia […] Continue reading →

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Our Neighbor?: The Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Garrett

Image of the Andromeda Galaxy 1888 For this blog I wanted to talk about The Andromeda Galaxy. Other than it being the closest galaxy to our Milky Way I really didn’t know much about it. The Andromeda galaxy was first photographed in 1888 by Issac Roberts (picture above). Andromeda is located over 2 million light-years […] Continue reading →

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Blog 7: The Fermi Paradox

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Seth Creech

Pictured Above: ET from the movie ET The universe is almost infinitely large, and there are many planets that appear habitable in our astronomical observations. These worlds are commonly a comparable distance from their parent star, replete with suitable levels of specific elements, and in many ways are indistinguishable from Earth. Despite all of this, […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context— Galileo

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Seth Creech

Picture of Galileo Galileo (February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642) made major strides in the argument for heliocentrism, observing sunspots and the phases of Venus, two pieces of information that seemed to point to the imperfection of the celestial world and that the Sun was the gravitational center of the Solar System about which […] Continue reading →

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Messages to Space

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Adriana Santos

Ever since humans realized there are worlds beyond our own, we have been curious if there is life outside of planet Earth. The universe is huge, so we can likely assume that somewhere out in the vastness of space there is life. But is it intelligent? Could we communicate with them? Would we even want […] Continue reading →

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The Most Famous Comet

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Garrett

The Bayeux tapestry For my blog post I wanted to focus on comets. I figured I would do some research on the only comet I knew by name before taking astronomy, Halley’s Comet. Halley is the most famous of its kind and its presence in our history goes back more than 1000 years. Halley was […] Continue reading →

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Blog SOLAR ECLIPSE

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Robert Navarro

Today was the day, I saw the eclipse. It was amazing, and truly a piece of art. There were lots of clouds and I was barely able to see the eclipse although when seeing it, it was eye burning. Literally. As I had no glasses, I took a video of it that I am very […] Continue reading →

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