#constellations — Public Fediverse posts

What if instead of a generic snake -- #Serpens became -- Nüwa??

Nüwa is a woman-headed snake goddess in #Chinese #mythology who created humans from clay.

She was one of Jordan's ret-cons(tellations) for the serpens constellation this week!

Listen to the episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/serpens-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCwa#/media/File:Imperial_Encyclopaedia_-_Spirits_and_the_Supernatural_-_pic54_-_%E5%A5%B3%E5%AA%A7%E7%A5%9E%E5%9C%96.svg

#mythology #myth #legend #lore #ChineseMythology #StarLore #Serpents #Snakes #Serpens #constellations #Retcon #storytelling

and why SHOULDN'T we ret-constellation #Ophiuchus into 2001 VMA Britney Spears??? 😄 🐍

... for more *interesting* ideas like this, check out this week's episode on trying to retcon the #Serpens myth: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/serpens-myths-and-retconstellations

📷 https://www.today.com/popculture/britney-spears-2001-vmas-performance-turns-20-snake-handler-shares-t230723

#PopCulture #silly #storytelling #constellations #humor #BritneySpears #VMA #Snakes

From Aratea (ca. 820).

Source: British Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/67cdca0f-4dd8-4c27-a883-3d8515ccec42

#astrology #zodiac #animals #calligrams #astronomy #manuscripts #aratea #hares #stars #constellations #design #manuscript #art #publicdomain

🎆 Starhopping!

#Orion #Bootes #Auriga #Cepheus #Ursa #NavisArgo #Pegasus #Phaethon #Cetus #Corona #Cassiopeia #Andromeda #Centaurus #Equuleus #Hydra & more.

Source: Fazio degli Uberti, II Dittamondo ["Accounts of the World"] , avec le commentaire d' Andrea Morena da Lodi.
Milan c.1447.

https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/manifest/310b5207291c3d963d0fcdff5f45eeb6702ce31f

#medieval #arthistory #art #iconography #stars #mythology #manuscripts #constellations

We're entering our SERPENS era -- new episode out now!

Where is Serpens in the night sky?
Why does it have two parts?
Has our segment Bayer's Variable Star returned to its former glory?

Find out all this & more, here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/serpens-cosmic-background

#podcast #Serpens #Constellations #Snakes #Astronomy #astrodon #space #science

still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

#AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

So... is this giving "microscope" to you or....?

Find out our first impressions and how this part of the night sky became #Microscopium on this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

#CosmicBackground #Astronomy #constellations #StarryTime #history #astronomers #stars #IAU #StarCharts

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopium#/media/File:Constellation_Microscopium.jpg

Despite the fact the #constellation #microscopium was "totally unremarkable" (per Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore), this #hubble image of Arp-Madore 2026-424 is pretty 🤩

To learn more about the #astronomy of Microscopium, check out this week's #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/heic1919a/

#AstroDon #astrophotography #galaxy #Microscopium #constellations #space #science

New episode is now live!!

This week we're covering the Cosmic Background & #astronomy of the #constellation #Microscopium --- why do we have a microscope constellation & what does it have to do with our Season 3 theme Into the Wilds?

Find out here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

#AstroDon #space #Science #constellations #history #microscope #podcast

Our Constellations Quiz (Hard Mode!) has just been published.
How many can you guess correctly?
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/hard-constellations-quiz/
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#astronomy #constellations #mythology #quiz #pubquiz #trivia #nightsky

Southern Celestial Hemisphere (1660) by Andreas Cellarius, from Harmonia Macrocosmica.

Source: Stanford University Libraries

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f1c68175-7df7-4b34-a1cf-e6ad0d873d49

#maps #astrology #cartography #zodiac #planets #orbits #astronomy #universe #cosmology #celestial #constellations #art #publicdomain

Looking for #laughs & general chaotic good energy this weekend?

Check out our newest #podcast #episode about where #Camelopardalis (and other #giraffes 🦒 ) show up in #PopCulture (so so broadly defined)!

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-pop-culture-superstar/

#humor #silly #Unserious #constellations

Ancient Babylonians & Ancient Greeks looked at this part of the night sky and said eh.

But then Petrus Plancius came along and slapped a giraffe on it -- thus, #camelopardalis was born!

For more on the history & some made up #myths about this constellation, check out this week's podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Mythology #StarLore #constellations #Storytelling #giraffe #meme #silly

[Space Environment] On Tuesday, the #academies of sciences from the G7 countries met in Paris to give voice to #science. On this occasion, three declarations were signed by the G7 academies and presented to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. One of them is entitled ‘Large #Satellite #Constellations: Perspectives and Challenges’ : https://www.academie-sciences.fr/sites/default/files/2026-05/S7%202026_Large%20Satellite%20Constellations%20Perspectives%20and%20Challenges.pdf

@sundogplanets @JohnBarentine @space_environmentalism

New episode out!

Since Camelopardalis doesn't have a Greco-Roman #myth associated with it, we'll explore other giraffe lore & Wax Poetic to try to create a new myth for this part of the night sky.

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#StarLore #Camelopardalis #Legend #Storytelling #history #constellations #StarryTime #podcast

Giornata Internazionale dei Planetari

La Giornata Internazionale dei Planetari torna oggi, il 7 maggio 2026 e, come ogni anno, ci invita a riscoprire il cielo con occhi nuovi. Per chi vuole rileggere il percorso iniziato lo scorso anno, ecco l’articolo precedente:

https://perfettamentechic.com/2025/05/07/giornata-internazionale-dei-planetari/

✨ Cosa cambia nel 2026

Il 2026 porta con sé un’energia diversa: più tecnologia, più inclusione, più “meraviglia accessibile”. Ecco le novità più interessanti.

• Planetari immersivi di nuova generazione ⇔ Diversi centri europei inaugurano cupole a risoluzione 12K, con sistemi audio spaziali che ricreano il silenzio cosmico e le vibrazioni stellari. L’esperienza non è più solo visiva: è multisensoriale.
• Accessibilità ampliata ⇔ Arrivano percorsi tattili per persone ipovedenti, mappe stellari in rilievo e narrazioni audio pensate per chi ha difficoltà uditive o cognitive. Il cielo diventa davvero per tutti.
• Notte dei Planetari ⇔ Novità assoluta: una rete di strutture europee organizza una “notte condivisa” con proiezioni sincronizzate, talk con astrofisici e collegamenti live tra città diverse. Un’unica grande cupola virtuale che abbraccia il continente.
• Focus 2026: la vita oltre la Terra ⇔ Molti programmi tematici di quest’anno ruotano attorno alle nuove scoperte sugli esopianeti abitabili e sulle missioni verso Europa ed Encelado. La domanda “siamo soli?” torna protagonista, ma con dati più freschi e suggestioni più audaci.

🌌 Perché celebrarla

Perché i planetari sono ponti: tra scienza e immaginazione, tra passato e futuro, tra ciò che sappiamo e ciò che ancora non riusciamo a spiegare. Nel 2026, più che mai, diventano luoghi dove rallentare, alzare lo sguardo e ricordare che siamo parte di qualcosa di immensamente più grande.

Autore: Lynda Di Natale
Fonte: web
Immagine: AI

Since the comments were divided, I suppose we could formalize our discussion. Folks of #mastodon, which is better??

🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠

(feel free to share your favorite preparations of your choice--I got some great suggestions on my last potato post... yes, we're a #podcast about #astronomy and #mythology of #constellations with posts about potatoes. But when potato discourse calls, we must answer...😂 ).

#poll #opinion #potatoes #silly #food #noms

In this week's #podcast about #Sagitta in pop culture, we learned there is a Sagitta potato.

So, important question, what's your favorite way to consume potatoes??

To learn more about #Sagitta in #PopCulture (and, once again, yes, potatoes are *clearly* pop culture), check out this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-pop-culture-superstar/

#food #potato #Agriculture #PopCulture #silly #humor #opinion #constellations #favorites

📷 : https://pixabay.com/photos/potatoes-potato-pictures-3429379/

New episode out now-- this week we're sharing our favorite & least favorite appearances of #Sagitta in "Pop Culture" (BROADLY DEFINED)!

The episode features:
📐 Bold takes about geometry
🐁 Cute animals
🪱 Terrifying worms
⛵ Humble yachts
🥔 Potatoes
& more!

I'll be sharing visuals here all week of our selections 😊

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-pop-culture-superstar/

#podcast #PopCulture #Sagitta #constellations #branding #geometry #animals #potatoes

Me: The #Disney Hercules is one of my top 3 animated disney movies & the animated tv show is a real vibe

also me, esp. in any episode where #Hercules weasels his way in: AND A BIG 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕to Hercules!!!!!

my feelings about Hercules are clearly v. nuanced.

To get more of the latter takes, check out our last #podcast on the #mythology of the #constellation #Sagitta here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

P.S. New episode tomorrow 🤗
#Mythology #GreekMythology #Disney #Heracles #MeAlsoMe #silly #humor #StarLore #Constellations #animation #movies #TV

On the one hand, I am glad Hercules got rid of the Stymphalian birds (bc scary). On the other hand, i hate watching a bad-to-mediocre man fail upward so often...

for more on this, check out our most recent episode on the #mythology of the #constellation Sagitta:🏹 https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Xena #Hercules #StarLore #mythology #GreekMythology #humor #silly #gif #Podcast #Sagitta #constellations #myth #lore #legends #hero #heroes

🚨 New #Podcast Episode Out Now! This week we explore the #mythology and #lore of the #constellation Sagitta--the Arrow!

This episode features:

🪦 A Stone demon from Sumerian lore

📈 Hercules failing upward (what else is new)

👁️ CYCLOPSES & a throw back to Asclepius

🧝 ... Legolas?!

And more 🏹🏹🏹🏹!

Listen here or on your favorite podcast player: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#StarLore #Storytelling #Tolkien #Legolas #Hercules #Heracles #GreekMythology #Sagitta #Constellations #Stories #Myth #Lore #mythology #SumerianLore #retcons

It might not have won my #GoldStar for our #constellation Sagitta (listen here for more https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/), but I'm always gonna celebrate a globular cluster!!!

This is Messier 71, it's located 13,000 LY from Earth & 27 LY across.

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1018a/

#astronomy #AstroDon #astrophotography #space #science #stars #GlobularCluster #Sagitta #Constellations

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🔭✨ Before people used phones or paper maps to find their way, they looked to the #night #sky. Sci-comm host Maynard Okereke explains what #stars are made of and how to spot #constellations like Ursa Major, Orion, and Leo in this #video from #NatGeo Kids.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/how-to-spot-stars-and-constellations-natgeokids-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=how-to-spot-stars-and-constellations-natgeokids-video

#activities #animals #astronomy #bears #blackandstem #diy #elements #howto #hydrogen #helium #howto #lions #myths #science #space #tksst