# The naked-eye sky

Before telescopes, people learned the sky by patient watching: the Sun’s path, the Moon’s phases, the wandering planets against the fixed stars. Those records set the calendars, the seasons for planting and the first predictions.

Connects to:
- [Astronomy](https://mapideas.org/i/astronomy)
- [Day, month, year](https://mapideas.org/i/ti_daymonthyear)
- [Calendars](https://mapideas.org/i/ti_calendars)
- [Constellations](https://mapideas.org/i/as_constellations)
- [Telescopes](https://mapideas.org/i/as_scope)
- [Records of the sky](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_skyrecords)
- [What is out there?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_astro_out)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy)

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