Astronomy and Humanist Culture

The sun king of the sky: by Pierre Le Fur — published Dec 13, 2012
About the first observations of the sun by Galileo and the Halley's method to measure the distance from earth to sun.
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Eye in the sky: by Pierre Le Fur — published Nov 14, 2011 — last modified Jul 12, 2012 04:53 PM
During all this autumn, the planet Jupiter is very easily visible in sky: it rises on east at the beginning of the night, culminates at 60° over horizon in the south direction at about 10:30 pm (local time) and sets on the west direction at the end of the night.
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Sun, king of the sky: by Pierre Le Fur — published Jun 01, 2011 — last modified Jul 16, 2012 03:52 PM
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February 2011 : Good bye Jupiter, hello Saturn: by Pierre Le Fur — published Mar 02, 2011 — last modified Sep 05, 2012 03:18 PM
In the west of the evening sky
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