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In Episode 2, you’ll learn about the celestial sphere, the difference between constellations and asterisms as well as starhopping and we’ll be looking up into the night sky as every week to discover what to see in the month of May. We’ll finish our journey with stories about the moon, our closest celestial neigbor.

For more visual material, please go over to Youtube and watch the episode there: https://youtu.be/iUR3SXFKtQg

If you liked the stories and legends about the Moon, I highly recommend "Moon: Nature and Culture" by Edgar Williams.

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References and more info:

If you wanna know more about the concepts of the meridian, zenith, ecliptic, celestial sphere, magnitude, and measuring distances, I highly recommend this awesome series  from Eyes on the Sky  on Youtube (Stargazing Basics 1-3): https://youtu.be/XUbG8jboh4M 

Astronomical events mentioned:

Month of April: https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html

Calendar of Astronomical Events from In-The-Sky.org: https://in-the-sky.org/newscal.php

Best of 2023: Night sky events not to miss - https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/best-of-2023-night-sky-events-not-to-miss/

Mars + Venus love affair paintings:  

Look at these two paintings and tell me that Botticelli's painting is not boring! Also, Mars doesn't look that handsome to me in both.

 Sandro Botticelli's Venus and Mars (1485): https://thatmuse.com/2021/11/12/when-love-conquers-war-botticellis-venus-and-mars/

Joachim Wtewael's painting (1604–1608): https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RFE

Ancient Mayan Astronomy:

Interesting article about the Maya and the Stars: https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-astronomy-2136314

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