Astrological belief in correspondences between celestial observations and terrestrial events have influenced various aspects of human history, including world-views, language and many elements of social culture.
A Latin translation of Abū Maʿshar's De Magnis Coniunctionibus ("Of the great conjunctions"), Venice, 1515.
Detail of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon
Astrologer-astronomer Richard of Wallingford is shown measuring an equatorium with a pair of compasses in this 14th-century work.
An image related to astrology from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. It shows the purported relation between body parts and the signs of the zodiac.
The night sky is the nighttime appearance of celestial objects like stars, planets, and the Moon, which are visible in a clear sky between sunset and sunrise, when the Sun is below the horizon.
Stars in the night sky
The Milky Way is brighter in the Southern Hemisphere than in the North. (Photo taken at La Silla Observatory)
Paranal Observatory nights. The concept of noctcaelador tackles the aesthetic perception of the night sky.
The Milky Way contains billions of stars, arranged in two strikingly different structures: halo and disc.