The Constellations of the Zodiac: Astronomy for Low Vision and Blind People

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Aug 2006

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Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 17-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Cze

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One thinks, in general, there exist areas of the knowledge to which it is not possible to be acceded if one of the senses is diminished. Nevertheless, the reality is far from this false concept: it is not necessary to hear to compose music, nor to see to come near to the starred sky. This book has the purpose to introduce to the readers with visual difficulties the amazing world of astronomy, by means of the transmission of basic concepts of positional astronomy (cardinal points, Earth movements, apparent movement of the celestial sphere), with special emphasis in: movement of precession, the concept of stellar magnitude, its representation in celestial charts, and relation to mythology. On the other hand, the figures associated with the 13 constellations in the region of the plane of the ecliptic are described. The texts and the images are displayed in two formats: for visually diminished people, one worked on the basis of the original engravings of the Uranographia by Hevelius (1690). These were adapted and simplified for their better understanding, and a recommended font size. For blind people, we use tactile feature for the figures and Braille for the text.

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