over the next few days if you wake up early and look towards Polaris you’ll see a fuzzy, greenish comet
Medieval Muslim observers called comets “tailed stars” and recorded their appearance, duration, shape, motion, and color often using them to interpret dire events
Medieval Muslim observers called comets “tailed stars” and recorded their appearance, duration, shape, motion, and color often using them to interpret dire events
drawing from references in the Quran and Hadith some Muslims described comets and shooting stars as angels pelting the jinn who dared to eavesdrop on the heavens
Others like the polymaths al Kindi, al Biruni, & the Christian ibn Hibinta tracked their motion through the zodiac
Others like the polymaths al Kindi, al Biruni, & the Christian ibn Hibinta tracked their motion through the zodiac
Image from a 12th century depiction of a tailed star in Bodl Ms Ar
am i going to wake up in the wee hours of the morning and drive to somewhere remote to see a green smudge in the sky? You bet your ass I am
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