Daydreaming on Page 249: Jupiter

Recently during my involuntary time away from home, that i must admit has given me a great deal of empathy as to how some of the astronomers of old must have felt, i have been re-reading an old book, Skywatching by David H Levy.

The hardcover, the solid thick pages and wonderful images & illustrations truly do ignite the imagination.

While of course like all dated texts we must accept some knowledge is out-dated, for the amateur astronomer (such as myself) or even aspiring one, most of the fundamentals of the actual process are by and large still accurate to my understanding.

By and large i have always pretty much been a naked eye astronomer, or stargazer, i have had telescopes and i have had binoculars but in my younger years, the honest truth is, historically i would always get the astronomy itch in winter, go outside, set up the scope, be cold and confused for so long its not true (guess the song win kudos) and then basically say "sod it" then go inside to warmth and come back to naked eye astronomy again in the warmer months, its honestly been a repeating cycle for at least the past 20 years.

And may I say this, and hold myself to account by putting it in writing, one I intend to break once I am discharged, and if you have ever had an interest in messing about with telescopes, I encourage you all to do the same.

Go to a search engine, google, bing, duck duck go, yahoo alta vista (j/k) guess you could even ask jeeves, but!

Search for a local astronomy group and just attend, yes, its embarassing as hel to know relativley stuff all and be around people that know a lot, i ge it, hey, im sure some of these amateurs would feel the same being around the likes of us in our own respective fields yeah?

Yeah! they would, and strictly speaking from an astronomy and psychology point of view I hazard a guess or to use the proper vernacular, hypothesize, that nervous embarrassment lasts about six months, after that I hypothesize it disappears.

But, of course, claims and hypothesis require evidence to be proven, and while it appears as an astronomy question, its actually a psychology hypothesis, so, to test this hypothesis, I shall be testing it, as a wise man once said while, well, recorded and I listened while running around Sydney sitting in Bangalore beneath one of virgins offices "put up or shut up"

So, i will run the experiment, join a local qualified amateur astronomy group, attend, observe and learn for six months, i hypothesize, from it, will come education, humility and a world of new thoughts and imaginations of innovation beyond possible comprehension, lets see shall we?

I would encourage all would be or perhaps "spotty knowledge" amateurs to do the same, particularly if your into psychology like i am, its a psychology experiment (ft astronomy) to note, record, and publish my findings for peer review in six months from the time i actually get myself into some group, got to get discharged first...so theirs that, yeah, my empathy for all the astronomers who got put under house arrest just for having thoughts back in the day is at an all time high I got to tell ya, but its all good, hopefully out soon.

As I raced towards the finish line of this book (you know that feeling you get when there is so little left and you want that satisfaction of finishing it?) it was the drawing of Jupiter on page 249 that made me pause and, coming from a music background consider, how the vocation of art assists astronomy and presumably has for some time, particularly pre-film photography, the visual arts help aide the visual sciences, something not to often thought about anymore.

Speaking of which, did the Royal Astronomical Society send my requested medieval star charts in certified copy to Penrith library as of yet? I wrote the letter by hand, and placed it in the library letterbox to be actioned, its quite important !

Prior to this psych ward "house arrest" I was beginning an investigation into the year 205, specifically when Britannia went from roman to English proper and I wanted to see what "Easter eggs"" the astronomers in the equivalent of the at the time espionage world, put in their charts at the time, you know, symbols, drawings it will all be full of symbolism and cryptic meaning, would not have been able to help themselves given the time and place in history.

What none of you ever thought about that before? I'm sure at least half of you said no, well trust a "plutonian" to think of such things, hey where do you think i got half my style? old world things.

On that note, I best finish this book, onwards!, can I get these star charts please England? I want to crunch the numerology and relate it to the tarot cards gentleman! to see what comes up, there will be, without a doubt, be messages left, I know you guys cant interpret them, but I can, meaning, I use them to leave tangible messages now, pretty sure people did the same back then, no magick, just science, anyway, onwards to Pluto! (in the book) thanks Jupiter! :)

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