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After rain cleansed the heavens this last week, the nights here in Ohio have been clear — as good for stargazing as it gets in the Cincinnati-Dayton metro area. I use my app and test myself on the star names and positions. Rigel is easy, and Betelgeuse; same for Altair and Deneb.
Those names are all Arabic names, as are those of about 200 other stars. They stem from a time beginning more than a millennium ago when Muslim astronomers in Baghdad, Toledo, and other places played a leading role in
Those names are all Arabic names, as are those of about 200 other stars. They stem from a time beginning more than a millennium ago when Muslim astronomers in Baghdad, Toledo, and other places played a leading role in
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