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RE: Islam and Astronomy
February 23, 2014 at 3:45 pm
(February 23, 2014 at 3:30 pm)Stimbo Wrote:
(February 23, 2014 at 3:15 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Regardless of what one could say the state of science in the Islamic world today - they (amongst others) were instrumental in keeping astronomy alive while the Christian world was stagnant for many centuries.

Most of the star names we still use today come from the Arabic - Algol (the demon star), Aldebaran, Vega, Arrakis (yes, it really exists), Fomalhaut etc. Not to mention my personal favourite, Zubenelgenubi.

Nowadays I guess all stars would be named Allah or Mohammed and you'd get your head chopped off for saying them.

The common names of the brightest stars that laymen tend to use these days, yes. For modern astronomers, it depends entirely on which catalog / nomenclature is being used.
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Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 22, 2014 at 7:09 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Mr. Moncrieff - February 22, 2014 at 7:13 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 22, 2014 at 7:18 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Mr. Moncrieff - February 22, 2014 at 7:24 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 22, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 23, 2014 at 2:55 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by SteelCurtain - February 22, 2014 at 10:41 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Marsellus Wallace - February 22, 2014 at 11:16 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 22, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 12:40 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 23, 2014 at 1:15 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 1:25 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 23, 2014 at 2:32 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 3:15 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Cyberman - February 23, 2014 at 3:30 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 27, 2014 at 3:42 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Simon Moon - February 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Marsellus Wallace - February 27, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Cyberman - February 23, 2014 at 3:57 pm

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