Just peeking at the star chart over lunch via #SkyMap and seeing that at this moment Venus is occulting Jupiter.

Of course we can't see it 'cuz that pesky sun is blasting us. That thing, always in the way.

Quite a little cluster there.

#astronomy #stargazing

@linux_opensource Bei den letzten Sternen und Astro Maps ist mir aufgefallen dass Abo Modelle voll in Mode sind. Ich weiß aktuell nicht ob bei #SkyMap sowas auch der Fall ist. Auf der Homepage sind die Preise für die Karten ganz schön heftig. Ich kann mich natürlich auch irren.

https://www.sky-map.de/order.php

Cosmography archives

1998 - A map of interstellar molecular clouds and diffuse gas within 500 pc of the Sun

by Priscilla Frisch

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998SSRv...86..107F/abstract

#cosmography #cartography #astronomy #astrodon #milkyway #galaxy #interstellar #clouds #gas #dust #map #charts #sky #skymap #universe #space #science #archive #archives

Cosmography archives - 1948

The Skalnaté Pleso Atlas of the Heavens, by Antonín Bečvář

A set of sixteen beautiful, colorful, exquisitely precise celestial charts covering the entire sky.

📷 chart II, centered on the Perseus constellation

❓ can you spot the Andromeda Galaxy

More infos:
⭐ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalnate_Pleso_Atlas_of_the_Heavens
⭐ https://sandandstars.co.za/an-observing-table-full-of-treasures
⭐ http://www.astrosurf.com/rondi/theo/atlas_coeli

#cosmography #astronomy #astrodon #starmap #charts #sky #map #skymap #atlas #universe #space #science #archive #archives

Cosmography archives

The Nebra Sky Disk - dated 1600 BCE it is the oldest known depiction of the Cosmos, featuring a star map with the Pleiades cluster, a crescent moon, a sun or full moon; arcs mark the angle between solstices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disc
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/235/the-nebra-sky-disk---ancient-map-of-the-stars/

#astronomy #astrodon #universe #cosmos #space #science #research #sky #map #skymap #nebraskydisk #cosmography #cartography #archive #archives #pleiades #star #stars #map #moon #sun