Spathopoulos, V.M., “Historical astronomical measurements with Stellarium”, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Virtual Conference, December 2020.Spathopoulos, V.M., “Student activities using Stellarium to reproduce measurements made by ancient and medieval astronomers”, Global Hands-On Universe, Virtual Conference, August 2020.M., “Using freeware planetarium software to simulate the astronomical measurements of ancient Greeks”, Phys. M., “A set of student activities for the simulation of ancient and medieval astronomical observations”, Phys. Some journal publications and conference presentations relating to this project can be found here: You can download the Compilation of Free Astronomy Lab Activities, here! Several activities featured in the OpenStax Astronomy online textbook website used in over 1,300 classrooms around the world.Featured on the Institute of Physics website: "A scientific journey into the past".The first eight activities are based on observations and measurements of the ancient Greeks, the ninth on eclipse predictions made by the ancient Babylonians, the tenth and eleventh on achievements of the medieval Islamic astronomers, the twelfth activity is based on achievements of both medieval Islamic and Chinese observers, the thirteenth one is based on observations made by the Chinese and the final one on measurements of an Indian astronomer. Measuring longitude difference with the eclipse of Alexander the Great.Estimating the distance to the Moon (Hipparchus).Estimating the size of the Moon (Aristarchus).Estimating the distance to the Sun (Aristarchus).Estimating the circumference of the Earth (Posidonius).Estimating the circumference of the Earth (Eratosthenes).Before checking out the activities please have a look at the Introduction, here.Īll materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. All materials are based on the Stellarium software and have been designed by Dr Vassilios Spathopoulos who was generously funded by the Anthony Waterhouse Fellowshipscheme of the Institute of Physics, UK.
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