《勾劃巴比倫的天空- 古美索不達米亞的星座》講座


現代星座的根源可追溯到公元前四世紀的古希臘,當時亞歷山大大帝剛剛征服了巴比倫。巴比倫人被公認為古代世界中最優秀的天文學家。雖然他們沒有解析世界的物理模型,但他們對星空天體的運行有着極佳的觀測、計算和預測。憑藉對天空的觀察和近千年的「天文日記」,他們發現了行星的移動規律,並使用複雜的公式制訂曆法和預測季節。是次講座將介紹巴比倫的「天空圖像」,巴比倫星座的形象、名稱和用途,以及與美索不達米亞古代生活的關聯。

時間:2024.11.22(五) 19:00~20:30
地點:香港太空館 演講廳
講者:Dr. Susanne M. Hoffmann (中國科學技術大學訪問學者,國際天文學聯合會 恆星命名工作組主席)
語言:英語、粵語傳譯
傳譯:張師良 (嗇色園主辦可觀自然教育中心暨天文館 賽馬會項目計劃總監)

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主辦:香港太空館&嗇色園主辦可觀自然教育中心暨天文館

Painting Babylonian - Constellations of Ancient Mesopotamia

The roots of our modern constellations lay in the so-called Greek antiquity, when Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE conquered Babylon. The Babylonians were considered as the best astronomers of the ancient world. They had the best observations, the best mathematical algorithms, the best predictions - everything but a mechanical world model. With mere observations of the sky and the millennium project of so-called “Astronomical Diaries”, they found long-term rhythms in the positions of planets and sophisticated mathematical procedures to forecast almanac data and the seasonal weather. The lecture will focus on the Babylonian “images in the sky”, the constellation figures and their names, purposes as well as relations to every-day life in ancient Mesopotamia.

此活動由香港太空館&嗇色園主辦可觀自然教育中心暨天文館主辦。

http://www.hokoon.edu.hk/ast/activities/20241122lecture

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