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Michal J A Paszkiewicz

@michalyoudoing.bsky.social

History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If this leaked info is to be trusted, we'll soon be adding #SaveJodrellBank to #SaveUKAstronomy🔭. I fear this is UKRI "rolling the pitch" to prepare us for the official announcement of unpleasant news😔 There is still a little glimmer hope though: A DSIT spokesperson said: "This is speculation".

A gorgeous sunset image of the iconic Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. The prioritisation decisions approved by Dsit are also likely to include the scaling back of several UK-based research facilities supported by STFC, RPN understands. These include e-Merlin, an array of seven radio telescopes, of which the Lovell is one, headquartered at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK research at Cern to shrink as government approves STFC cuts. 🚨Exclusive: Science department approves UKRI’s cost-saving proposal, with major UK facilities also facing cutbacks. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Jesuit, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, author of the monumental Almagestum Novum (1651), was born 17 April 1598 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/a...

A monumental astronomy tome from the seventeenth century

Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671) was a third generation, seventeenth-century, Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. A student of Giuseppe Biancani (1566–1624) at the University of Parma, who w…

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Michal J A Paszkiewicz@michalyoudoing.bsky.social · 2y ago

A 🧵of Galileo's arguments for Heliocentrism,& why he couldn't prove heliocentrism in his time: 1. Tides Galileo was convinced of Heliocentrism by his tide model. Galileo's Dialogo was in fact a modification and extension of his 1616 Dialogue on the Ebb and Flow of the Tides. 🧵1 🧪🏛️⌛🔭📜

A screenshot of the first paragraph of Galileo's Discorso Del Flusso E Reflusso Del Mare, translated to English with the Scriptorium AI tool.
Danny Robb@inverting-vision.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In 1961, Eugene Shoemaker used Earth analogs to help distinguish between impact and volcanic craters on the moon: "Many craters on the moon are surrounded by a system of rays resembling the ejecta patterns around nuclear-and high-explosive craters" He used Teapot ESS and Copernicus to illustrate:

An illustration with a caption reading "Fig. 1. Ejection pattern at Teapot ESS nuclear explosion crater." The illustration shows a roughly circular crater rim, surrounded by dots and lines, showing rays extending outward from the center.A photograph of a lunar crater labeled "Fig. 2. The region of Copernicus( photograph by F.G. Pease, Mount Wilson Observatory). The rim of Copernicus is visible in the center, and bright rays are clearly visible, especially against dark backgrounds, extending outward from the rim.
Michal J A Paszkiewicz@michalyoudoing.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The knowledge you already have can sometimes hold you back. The assumptions you choose to challenge makes the difference between a wild goose chase and groundbreaking discoveries. A great example is in Galileo's 1604 notes on the supernova. ...

Michal J A Paszkiewicz@michalyoudoing.bsky.social · 7mo ago

******ALERT******* FUN SPOILING POST 1. Heliocentrism wasn't "Godless". Rather, the problem found with heliocentrism in 1616 was that Galileo had been reinterpreting scripture based on unproved claims. The Augustinian tradition allowed reinterpretation with proven science, which this was not. ...

Stephen Collins@stephencollins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Another comic I never bothered posting This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all

1. [Title Panel]: Is Your 17th Century Astronomer Spending Too Much Time on His Telescope? 2. [Text -only panel] These days, more and more 17th Century Astronomers have access to telescopes. Here are some warning signs that they are on the slippery slope to Godless heliocentrism! 3. STAYING UP LATE WITH THEIR TELESCOPE [GALILEO is looking through his telescope out the window at a starry sky]. GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... 4. ‘FOMO’ (FEAR OF MISSING OBSERVATIONS) GALILEO'S WIFE: Dinner, Galileo! GALILEO [Looking through telescope]: Just need to check my orbits 5. WITHDRAWING FROM REAL-WORLD ACTIVITIES [Galileo's friend the POPE is now standing next to Galileo, who is still looking through his telescope] THE POPE: Come to church, Galileo! GALILEO: Not now... 6. FALLING OUT WITH FRIENDS GALILEO: [Showing The Pope the book he's working on) I'm just working on my book challenging the Bible's view of the Universe 7. BEING ARRESTED BY THE INQUISITION [GALILEO is being dragged out of the room, hands outstretched to his telescope. He is calling to it]: GALILEO: Telescooope 9. GETTING SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST UNTIL DEATH FOR HERESY [GALILEO sitting in front of his telescope, now with bars over the windows] GALILEO: Ah, crap. 10. CONTINUED TELESCOPE USE DESPITE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES [GALILEO in same position but now with long white beard, he is looking through his telescope through a barred jail window at the sky] GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... [Ends]