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   John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 19:33:17 JST John Carlos Baez

   • Thony Christie

   Astronomer Georg Busch on the great comet of 1577:

   “…the comet was composed of a sort of obnoxious gas generated by human sin, which floated heavenward until ignited by the wrath of God. As it burned the comet became a prolific celestial polluter, showering its effluence widely over Earth and thereby causing pestilence, Frenchmen, sudden death, bad weather…”

   I got this from an interesting blog article by @rmathematicus:

   https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/the-emergence-of-modern-astronomy-a-complex-mosaic-part-v/

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 19:33:15 JST morph

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     • Thony Christie

     @johncarlosbaez @rmathematicus It's the skyline of my hometown. 😀

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 20:06:02 JST morph

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     • Thony Christie

     @johncarlosbaez @rmathematicus P.S. The print is from Georg Mack d.Ä. 1577

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     Thony Christie (rmathematicus@historians.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 20:39:24 JST Thony Christie

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     • morph

     @morph @johncarlosbaez I live just outside Erlangen

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 20:39:24 JST morph

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     • Thony Christie

     @rmathematicus Hey neighbour! 👋

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 02:17:22 JST morph

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     • Thony Christie

     @johncarlosbaez It's Nuremberg. A little bit changed since that time around the towers. 😄
     @rmathematicus

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     John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 02:17:23 JST John Carlos Baez

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     • morph

     @morph @rmathematicus - I spent half a year in Erlangen but I didn't recognize that skyline. 😢