Astronomy in the present: from the myth to the knowledge of the universe

Astronomy in the present. Astronomy, a study based on the Greek myth that with the socio-technological evolution of the man passed through the logos, if at some moments it has been given a time of relevance will be the rotund change made by the concept that has the present man on the environment that surrounds him.

This science founded its foundations from the recreation of objects that were in the imagination of our ancestors to look at the sky in the nights, such as Osa Mayor and Osa Menor, the cuales indicating positions of the north and south celestial poles. Similarly, from the study of these stars, guides were derived to know when it was opportune to cultivate the moments when the rivers flowed.

After that, astronomy along with the development of Greek mythology gave rise to the representation of concrete figures in the surrounding sky, to so-called myths, what we know today as the zodiac, signs that are currently used to define attitudes and behaviors of women. people, are based on the months of the year and successes described in Greek mythology.

Therefore, the current status of the concept of astronomy has been linked since before the Greek myth to the detailed study of space, linking it to technology, thus leading to the expansion of its concept of the universe, allowing it to have planets and celestial bodies in its scope of very similar characteristics where we are currently located.

Approaching studies on astronomy as a historical and mythological question turned into science emerged within the epistemology class as an alternative to the episteme in today’s society, with the help of the Astronomical Observatory of the Sergio Arboleda University through an academic visit, a space that allowed to consult more the background of the development of the Contemporary Astronomía the cause of its evolution through the years.

Astronomy in the present

This study originates in Babylonian times, where the ancestors saw the stars as guides from abstract figures idealized in animals or everyday objects, finding the context in which these people were found, dedicating the nights to the study of these figures.

As well as the elaboration of dark and spacious enclosures that today forms what we know as an observatory, scientific advances are also made by hand, which were later developed by Galileo’s telescope, which was built each time on a larger scale, and the opening historical study of mathematics. In addition, these figures and stars were derived from agronomy, in ancient Egypt, they were guided by these phenomena to know the flow of the Nile and the times when it was possible to easily cultivate the no.

Later, astronomy was alleged to have had the medieval kings, which in the media age lost its rumbo, and this detour carries with it the emergence of a pseudoscience that today is as relevant as astrology.

At that time, astronomers became diviners and converted the study of the stars into diviners to cheat monarchs, dedicating themselves to the prediction of the future of people based on a fusion of astronomy with Greek mythological figures: the zodiac.

This was divided precisely into 12 signs for each month of the year, assigning each one a mythological figure that reflects the rigidity of human activities (Guzmán Guerra, 1995); giving an understanding of the determination of the behavior of the people according to these 12 “entities” or symbols, where a simile to different gods or images of which Zeus is manifested or these helped.

For example, Taurus, in this case Zeus converted to a bull and his lomos a la Princess Europa to a lejana island and conceived así Sarpedón, Radamantis and the King of Crete Mino.

This story defines the behavior of those who nazcan in the month of May, suggesting from an astrological point of view that these people have a strong, patient, persevering character, etc. It is attached to multiple descriptions that link in a strong and inconsistent way an anecdote with the facet of personal statements and their short-term actions.

Finally, the evolution of astronomy achieved a more rational facet thanks to technological advances, from which the determination of the solstices and equinoxes stands out from the chronology interpreted in the calendars, initially knowing the concept of poles, the line of ecuador, the seasons and climate states by zones through the solstices and equinoxes.

On the other hand, a tool exposed in the observatory was the “enlargement of stars”, which made it possible to visualize the background of the content of the stars that surround the land in more detail, thus allowing to show new habitable spaces and/or forms of life, this is due to the fact that they present characteristics very similar to those that are currently present in the land and in the constellation.

This tool is doable thanks to the Kepler space telescope, developed and launched by NASA during the Discovery mission, which was removed on October 30, 2018 due to the fuel depletion of the reaction system.

Among Kepler’s most significant discoveries, there are 17,000 extrasolar planets with dimensions similar to the Earth, in addition Kepler confirmed the existence of 2,619 exoplanets, identified 2,724 extrasolar candidates, and confirmed the existence of 30 exoplanets whose size is times smaller than the land and are in a habitable zone, according to NASA.

All this historical evolution that has taken place in astronomy has allowed us to infer that from this study a lot can be known about human evolution, and that this can continue through this method, simism is a reflection of how the world was seen long ago, showing objects that at those times were considered insignificant or of little importance, and that today is the son of cardinal systems, time zones, etc.

This visit to the observatory was more of an academic character, it was a starting point for the reflection, and of how it passed from a man lost in the myth to a current one centered on the logos, the one who inquires more about his surroundings with him In order to seek answers about their existence, they are linked to the reflection of leaving consumerism aside, and using this technology in favor of evolution.