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  2. Night sky - Wikipedia

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    Paranal Observatory nights. [3] The concept of noctcaelador tackles the aesthetic perception of the night sky. [4]Depending on local sky cloud cover, pollution, humidity, and light pollution levels, the stars visible to the unaided naked eye appear as hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of white pinpoints of light in an otherwise near black sky together with some faint nebulae or clouds ...

  3. Star-painted ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The ceiling is decorated with over 2,500 stars and illustrates a North American winter night sky around December 1 - February 28. [24] The constellation arrangement was a replicant of the 1603 star atlas that was created by Johann Bayer. However, the mural is not a fully accurate representation of the night sky as it was painted back to front. [24]

  4. Night in paintings (Western art) - Wikipedia

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    Giotto depicts night and heaven through the use of a deep blue background in the fresco panel and use of stars in the otherwise blue ceiling. [14]: 383 [15] He was able to create depth and dimension through the use of incremental degrees of light and dark shades, the precursor to chiaroscuro. He also used light in a way to represent the ...

  5. File:The Starry night by Van Gogh, detail of the sky.jpg

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  6. 50 Beautiful Good Night Quotes for the Sweetest Dreams - AOL

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    21. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.”— Charles M. Schulz. 22. “Sleep is the best time to repair, but it’s hard to get a good night’s rest ...

  7. Skyscape art - Wikipedia

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    Sky can be depicted as many different colors, such as a pale blue or the lack of any color at all, such as the night sky, which has the appearance of blackness, albeit with a scattering of stars on a clear night. During the day, the sky is seen as a deep blue due to the sunlight reflected on the air. Astronomically speaking, the sky is a ...

  8. KStars - Wikipedia

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    It provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars (with additional addons), 13,000 deep sky objects , constellations from different cultures, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon , and thousands of comets , asteroids , satellites, and ...

  9. Sky - Wikipedia

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    The night sky and studies of it have a historical place in both ancient and modern cultures. In the past, for instance, farmers have used the state of the night sky as a calendar to determine when to plant crops. The ancient belief in astrology is generally based on the belief that relationships between heavenly bodies influence or convey ...