Fig 1: Lord Rosse (William Parsons) (1800 – 1867) The art and science of astronomy was still a novice subject and rising field in the 19th century. We do not find a lot of professional astronomers at that time. It was then studied mostly by the amateur astronomers though with full passions. Lord Ross (William […]
Month: June 2022
If you are a beginner astronomer you may have heard of myriads of features of different telescopes and you are already confused about which one will be the best for you. At first, you have to know what the differences are between a reflecting and a refracting telescope. Refracting telescope is one of the earliest […]
China is well-known for its contribution in all fields from ancient times. In fact, we get some of the brilliant records in the history of ancient Chinese astronomy also. Chinese created their own distinct methods of keeping astronomical records and they were not changed from 1800 BCE onwards. According to the legends, China built sky […]