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The Sun, as the source of energy and light for life on Earth, has been a central object in culture and religion since prehistory. Ritual solar worship has given rise to solar deities in theistic traditions throughout the world, and solar symbolism is ubiquitous.
On a few occasions, individuals or small groups of people, particularly physics students, "discovered" that there was a model of the Solar System in Zagreb. [1] One of the earliest efforts to find all of the planets was started in November 2004 on the web forum of the student section of the Croatian Physics Society .
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery [1], Derby, England A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery , or the full title, A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun , is a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery – a mechanical model of the solar system ...
This category contains artworks from the Google Art Project which are in the public domain in the United States but not in their source country. For the rest, see commons:Category:Google Art Project .
A schematic illustration of an Alderson disk. An Alderson disk [1] [2] (named after Dan Alderson, its originator) is a hypothetical artificial astronomical megastructure, like Larry Niven's Ringworld and the Dyson sphere.
Trouvelot, The great nebula in Orion (1875).. Astronomical art is a genre of space art that focuses on visual representations of outer space.It encompasses various themes, including the space environment as a new frontier for humanity, depictions of alien worlds, representations of extreme phenomena like black holes, and artistic concepts inspired by astronomy.