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Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, Trilogy of Time, Ulysse Nardin

Planetarium for PalmPilot, AHo Μια υπόκλιση στον Gentleman που τα έκανε όλα εφικτά. Το πραγματικό PDA, το δισκοπότηρο του Geek, το πρώτο και τελευταίο μου Gadget που ξεψύχησε στα χέρια μου από την εντατική χρήση και έκτοτε όμοιό του δεν βρήκα.

Emerald Observatory, iPad

Terra, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Miami, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Firenze, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Geneva, Haleakala, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Mauna Kea, Haleakala, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Haleakala, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Chandra, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Atlantis, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone

Alexandria, Emerald Chronometer®, iPhone Η ψηφιακή εποχή δίνει την ευκαιρία για την υλοποίηση εντυπωσιακών ωρολογιακών εφαρμογών, αρχής γενομένης από το ιστορικό Palmpilot.

Casio CGW-50 & CGQ-300 Cosmo Phase, 1986 Η αστρονομία δεν εμπνέει μόνο τους μεγάλους τεχνίτες της υψηλής ωρολογοποιίας. Casio Cosmo Phase εν μέσω του κομητώδους πυρετού: Solar System Mode Halley's Comet Mode Solar Eclipse Mode Το επιτυχημένο μοντέλο χειρός έπεισε την εταιρία να κυκλοφορήσει και επιτραπέζια έκδοση το 1991.

Επειδή η γραμματοσειρά δεν βοηθά να διαβαστεί το 20, γράφει με ανάποδα γράμματα: "Δεν ξαναγοράζω πληκτρολόγιο από το ebay''!

Spheres of Influence, Copper Leaf Studios, 2010 Χαλκός

Ουρανία, Leningradskaya Oblast, Pavlovsk, Ρωσία

Eise Jeltes Eisinga, Willem Bartel van der Kooi, 1827 Ολλανδός ερασιτέχνης αστρονόμος, κατασκευαστής του πρώτου πλανηταρίου στον κόσμο, πηγή έμπνευσης για την εταιρία αστρονομικής ωρολογοποιίας Christiaan van der Klaauw

Satellite du Monde, Christiaan van der Klaauw http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Millenium, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Ariadne, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Eclips, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Planetarium, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Venus, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

Astrolabium 2000, Christiaan van der Klaauw, 1999 http://www.klaauw.com/en/collection/collection.html

50 υπογραφές από το Cloudy Nights που επέλεξε ο χρήστης Terrance D. Hannan (thannan636) Απολαύστε: 1. In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 2. "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out."....James Oberg 3. "Aperture will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no aperture." 4. "I have gone to find myself, if I get back before I return, keep me here" 5. Time spent looking at the stars is added to your life. 6. "My qualifications? I will list a few. Many years ago I created an observatory out of blocks. Today, 160 scientists work there. I never say anything looks like a faint fuzzy - not even a faint fuzzy. I am the only person to ever ace a 1951 USAF resolution test. I once punched an astrologer. That's right, you heard me. I have floaters, however mine are optically perfect telenegative amplifiers of 2x and 3x respectively." the most interesting astronomer in the universe 7. I am the life of star parties I have never attended. If I were to correct one of your erroneous CN posts, you would have to resist the urge to thank me. My personality is so magnetic, it affects the Moonin a slight but measurable way. I once visited a clairvoyantto warn her. An hour of casual astronomy conversation with me is equivalent to completing the entire postdoctoral cosmology curriculum at Caltech." The Most Interesting Astronomer in the Universe (Note: 6 and 7 are from the same poster-he just changed his signature line) 8. The moment you stop questioning is when you know you've probably got it all wrong. 9. Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak! 10. Stimulating the economy, one piece of equipment at a time 11. Experience is a difficult teacher, it gives the test first, and gives the lesson later 12. My equipment philosophy... If it ain't broke, fix it anyway. 13. Astrology is the science for ignorants. Astronomy is the science for those who feel ignorant. - Miguel Lopes 14. "The purpose of life is to be defeated by ever greater things." Rielke 15. Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke 16. A Bad Night With A Telescope Beats A Good Night Doing Anything Else 17. Entropy is not chaotic but is rather an expression of organization, just look up to the heavens above. 18. The night sky is my mistress. She seduces me away from all other lovers. 19. Gravity: It's not just a good idea, its the law! 20. ‘ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ 21. Simple minds discuss people. Good minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas. - Hyman Rickover 22. Be true to your teeth and they will never be false to you. 23. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork Psalm 19:1 24. There are observers observing the stars with their equipment, there are also observers observing their equipment with the stars. 25. It's bad news when you start to hear voices. It's much worse when they tell you it's a private conversation. 26. Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night. ---Sarah Williams, 1868 27. (Reconstructed from memory) When you wish upon a star, your dreams may all come true, unless, of course, the star is actually a rogue asteroid on a collision course with earth, and will soon destroy you, the planet , and all life as we know it! 28. Normal people are the ones who you don't know very well 29. My goal in life, Is to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am! 30. Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work." 31. Yes, I'm addicted to telescopes and binoculars. I am getting help. Every time I look at the heavens, it helps. 32. The secret formula to life is not to take it too seriously, otherwise you grow old faster. 33. "Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise." - Cato the Elder 34. Automatic doors make me feel like a Jedi. 35. If you keep stacks of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you are definitely an astro-redneck. 36. The atmosphere is the worst part of the instrument...Andre Couder 37. "No matter how tall or short you are, your feet just reach the ground..." 38. Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean that you should 39. Water is just coffee that hasn't reached its full potential 40. "A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open." - Frank Zappa 41. Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. 42. A light polluted sky is still better than whats on TV. 43. Some people have skeletons in their closets, I have telescopes. 44. Have you cussed it yet? 45. So many galaxies, so little time! 46. "The cure for boredom is curiousity. There is no cure for curiousity." 47. Venus through an achromat is better than Picasso! 48. "Man is still the best computer that we can put aboard a spacecraft- and the only one that can be mass-produced with unskilled labor."-Dr. Wernher von Braun 49. Life is a non sequitur, but everything else makes sense. 50. " Gentlemen only ever use Refractors "