From Hipparchus to Hipparcos: Sonifications of stellar catalogues throughout history, demonstrating the remarkable progress that has been made in the lead up to the first data release from ESA’s Gaia mission. Now live via ESA’s SoundCloud channel. Some stellar sounds!!!! More at http://sci.esa.int/gaia/58311-from-hipparchus-to-hipparcos-a-sonification-of-stellar-catalogues/
Sonification of stellar catalogues through history
The clips in this playlist contain sonifications of the stellar catalogues by Hipparchus of Nicaea (II century BC, handed down by Ptolemy); Ulugh Beg (1437); Tycho Brahe (1598); John Flamsteed (1725);
