CELESTIAL CINEMAby Compasswallahtwitter: @fadesingh
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Astronomers studying an eclipseBy Antoine Caron (1571)
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Rudolph II and Tycho Brahe in Prague,Painting by Eduard Ender (1855)
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Some instruments of Tycho Brahe
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
How A Solar Eclipse Happens, from A New Astronomy by David Todd(1897)
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The Solar System, from A New Astronomy by David Todd(1897)
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Prisms of Joseph von Fraunhaufer, Munich
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Fraunhaufer demonstrates a spectroscope
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Bunsen and Kirchhoff see a burning city in the distance.Kirchhoff makes a prophecy for the next eclipse.
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Solar Eclipse by Wilhelm Kranz(1887)
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King Mongkut of Siam ( Thailand)And his French eclipse party in 1868
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The Observatory at Madras
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Hmm....crazy natives.
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Early photograph of Madras Observatory
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Pogsons's hand colored spectrum of the sun,The first evidence of helium (1868).
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Helium found in the Sun!.........butMendeleev refuses to believe it.
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Solar eclipse by Trouvelot (1878)
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Jupiter as painted by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1880)
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Mars as painted by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1877)
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Why are transits important?
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Why are transits important?What is the Black Drop Effect?
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Jules Janssen in Japan for the 1874 Transit of Venus with his Revolving Camera.
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The Treachery of ImagesBy René Magritte Beware of science!!
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Cela ne veut pas un pistolet!
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Cela ne veut pas un chasseur!
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René Magritte
Try carrying this camera on an airplane........
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Chronophotograph by Étienne-Jules Marey
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Same stuff
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More chronophotography........faster and Faster. Onwards to 24 frames per second,The magic speed. .
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The Lumiere brothers nail it........
CELESTIAL CINEMAa talk by Compasswallah
Finally, an Item song. Thank you, astronomy.
Shukriya!for coming...I'm @fadesingh on twitter
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