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Is Atlas Holding Hipparchus' Lost Star Map?

Posted by timothy on from the that's-pretty-weighty dept.

cr0kin0le writes "The Farnese Atlas at the Naples National Archaeological Museum may be holding a celestial globe which accurately depicts the long-lost star catalog of Hipparchus, according to a physics professor at Louisiana State University."

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  1. Missing fig leaf! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant


    Hmm.. Anyone else notice that the statue has a fig leaf over the groin in one photograph, but not the other? Did it fall off recently, or what?

  2. leaf is added by mincognito · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's an image of statue unaltered by US press: http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/gallery/atl as.gif

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  3. Finally! by physicsphairy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now we'll know where the stars are!

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  4. Mystery of the leaf... by mikeb39 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just ran it though several different filtering methods and plugins in photoshop that make editing/compositioning clearer, and it appears the leaf is legit. This doesn't prove it wasn't placed there just for the photograph or the current day statue has it there, but it more then likely was not photoshopped on.

  5. Fig leafs by rjw57 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Why does the NYT story's Atlas have a fig-leaf whereas the poster's picture have none? Is this the same Atlas or is there soem photoshop censorship going on?

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