# Records of the sky

The Babylonian astronomical diaries record the Moon, planets, weather and eclipses night after night over several centuries. The sky was one of the first things people wrote down systematically, and those records are still used today.

Connects to:
- [Constellations](https://mapideas.org/i/as_constellations)
- [Writing](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_writing)
- [Dating the past](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_dating)
- [The naked-eye sky](https://mapideas.org/i/as_sky)
- [Why do we count in sevens?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_time_week)
- [What did watchers hope to find?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_watch)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Babylonian astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy)

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