Cultural astronomy

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Cultural astronomy is the set of interdisciplinary fields studying the astronomical systems of current or ancient societies and cultures.^[1] Such areas include archaeoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in ancient cultures and civilizations), ethnoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in contemporary cultures), historical astronomy (analyzing historic astronomical data), history of astronomy (understanding and study and evolution of the discipline of astronomy over the course of human knowledge) and history of astrology (understanding the astrological roots of astronomy and understanding the differences between astrology and astronomy).

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↑ Jarita Holbrook, Johnson O. Urama and R. Thebe Medupe (2008). "African Cultural Astronomy". ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9.

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Main articles	Amateur astronomy Observational astronomy History of astronomy Astrometry Solar astronomy Galactic astronomy Extragalactic astronomy Physical cosmology Sidewalk astronomy Astrology and astronomy Outline of astronomy Glossary of astronomy List of astronomers (Russian)

Methods	Radio astronomy Infrared astronomy Optical astronomy High-energy astronomy Ultraviolet astronomy X-ray astronomy Gamma-ray astronomy

Cultural astronomy	Australian Aboriginal Babylon Chechen China Egypt Greek Hebrew India Inuit Medieval Islam Tibet

Notable optical telescopes	Large Binocular Telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias W. M. Keck Observatory Hubble Space Telescope List of optical telescopes Category:Telescopes Extremely large telescope

Portals	Astronomy portal Jupiter portal Mars portal Moon portal Solar System portal Space portal Spaceflight portal Star portal X-ray astronomy portal

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