# What did watchers hope to find?

**What did the first sky watchers hope to find?**

Records of the Moon, planets and eclipses were kept for calendars, farming and omens. What the watchers thought they were reading shapes how we read their records.

Connects to:
- [Records of the sky](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_skyrecords)
- [Archaeoastronomy](https://mapideas.org/i/as_archaeo)

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

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