Celestial phenomena
transcending timebound usefulness;
orreries, geared planetaria
astrolabes
equinoctial sundials
celestial globes
past astronomies
Monumental sphere
Hemispheres
Constellations;
ecliptic, equator lines
Globe's north pole
Polar axis
Constellation Hydra.
Stellar symbols
centre of gravity
inadvertent susceptibility
permutations
stellar mutants
spherical trigonometry
"Star Finder"
Polar calattes, spherical zones
stellar magnitudes.
Horizon and median rings
skeletal hemisphere
stellar magnitudes
armillary sphere
navigating brilliant twilight;
star plotting.
Post Copernican celestial globes
geocentric universe
astrograph, harmonic drive mount
harmony of the spheres
ascension, declination
geocentric system.
God's design or Nature's
siderius nuncius
theoretical concepts
venerable techniques
heterogeneous history
Galileo moment!
c. 2009 Rita Rosenfeld
* photographs those of Sudbury geologist Wilf Meyer
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