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Star-painted vaulting over the apse of St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków, Poland. A starry vault over the chancel of Carlisle Cathedral in Cumbria in northern England.. A ceiling painted with stars frequently occurs as a design motif in a cathedral or Christian church, and replicates the Earth's sky at night. [1]
The Chinese classic Book of Rites mentions the Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise (Dark Warrior), Azure Dragon, and White Tiger as heraldic animals on war flags; [3] they were the names of asterisms associated with the four cardinal directions: South, North, East, and West, respectively.
Skeleton Key featured detailed black and white art. Its plot centered on two young women. The first protagonist is Tamsin, a high-school student living in Canada, who discovers the magical skeleton key that lends the series its title. This key can fit any door, and it "unlocks" pathways to other dimensions.
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Astrophotography, also known as astronomical imaging, is the photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky. The first photograph of an astronomical object (the Moon ) was taken in 1840, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for detailed stellar photography.
The Sun; Sirius A with Sirius B, a white dwarf; the Crab Nebula, a remnant supernova; A black hole (artist concept); Vela Pulsar, a rotating neutron star; M80, a globular cluster, and the Pleiades, an open star cluster; The Whirlpool galaxy and Abell 2744, a galaxy cluster; Superclusters, galactic filaments and voids
The Milky Way as seen from Earth, with prominent dark features labeled in white, as well as prominent star clouds labeled in black. The Great Rift, a series of dark patches in the Milky Way, is most visible in the southern sky. [66] Some cultures have discerned shapes in these patches.
Raw astronomical images of celestial objects are usually generated from data provided by complex digital cameras. [18] Raw images include binary (black-and-white) or grayscale data generated in response to infrared or ultraviolet or other energy lying outside the visible light spectrum —requiring people to make technical decisions for how to ...