The Capricornid mete

The Capricornid meteor shower will reach its maximum rate of activity today, 15 July 2019. Some shooting stars associated with the shower are expected to be visible each night from July to August. In ancient Greece one believed that falling stars were human souls, rising or falling in the heavens. Wishes on falling stars are thought to date back to Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer who lived from 127-151 AD. He postulated that the gods, overwhelmed with curiosity about men on Earth, would look between the heavenly spheres allowing a star to slip through the gap and become visible as a falling star. Image: Image from ‘Astronomy’ (1875) by J. Rambosson #loopbarcelona #videoart #artistfilm #outerspace #space #cosmos #shootingstar #meteors #astronomy