BOMBS to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-square102fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-square@snooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-21 year agoWithout light pollution most people can identify the stars with a few nights practice.
minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThings like Orion and Ursa Major are dead easy. Cassiopeia isn’t hard either. And then with less light pollution you have Andromeda and such.
Without light pollution most people can identify the stars with a few nights practice.
Things like Orion and Ursa Major are dead easy. Cassiopeia isn’t hard either. And then with less light pollution you have Andromeda and such.