Astronomy club

The History of Astronomy

By Ana Paola Álvarez Tapia
  • The ancient Greeks inherited astronomical records from the Babylonians and applied the data to construct a cosmological framework. Data was not just used for practical goals, such as navigation, but also to think of new experiments = natural philosopher.
    420 BCE

    The ancient Greeks inherited astronomical records from the Babylonians and applied the data to construct a cosmological framework. Data was not just used for practical goals, such as navigation, but also to think of new experiments = natural philosopher.

    Thales used this data to predict eclipses
  • Heraclides
    330 BCE

    Heraclides

    developed the first Solar System model, beginning of the geocentric versus heliocentric debate
  • Eratosthenes
    220 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    • The early Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere based on the shadow of Earth on the Moon during lunar eclipses
  • Hipparchus
    100 BCE

    Hipparchus

    ) produced first star catalog and recorded the names of constellations
  • They were the first to record a supernova,
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    They were the first to record a supernova,

    CHINA.in the Astrological Annals of the Houhanshu
  • Suggest earth revolved around the sun

    Suggest earth revolved around the sun

    Arristarchus of Samos
  • classify the stars according to their brigthness

    classify the stars according to their brigthness

    Greek astronomer Hirpachus
  • suggest a geocentric astronomy

    suggest a geocentric astronomy

    Ptomely
  • Published an heliocentric model

    Published an heliocentric model

    Copernicus
  • Carried very detailed ovbservation of planets

    Carried very detailed ovbservation of planets

    Tyco Brahe
  • Was published the book The principle of Natural philosophy

    Was published the book The principle of Natural philosophy

    Isaac Newton
  • Use a telescope to ovserbe night sky

    Use a telescope to ovserbe night sky

    Glileo
  • The first telescope was build

    The first telescope was build

    Isaac Newton
  • Oldest star known in the Milky Way

    Oldest star known in the Milky Way

    astronomers have measured the age of the oldest star known in our galaxy, the Milky Way. At 13.2 billion years old, the star was born in the earliest era of star formation in the Universe.
  • Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri

    Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri

    its cool red parent star every 11 days and has a temperature suitable for liquid water