#  Visualization in Astronomy—and Beyond 

 





January 06, 2014

 

 

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> Astronomy is a visual science. As soon as Galileo put brush to paper to capture [his view of the Moon through a telescope](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6922/fig_tab/421474a_F1.html), astronomy conveyed many ideas through illustration and, eventually, photography. In just the last few decades, [images from the Hubble Space Telescope](http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/) have made the observatory famous—and even inspired [academic musings](http://mag.uchicago.edu/astronomical-sublime) about the cultural relevance of Hubble imagery."

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 [http://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/visualization-in-astronomy—and-beyond](http://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/visualization-in-astronomy%E2%80%94and-beyond)



 

 

 



 

 

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