Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Prague Astronomical Clock

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A discussion with Miroslav Brož, Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy of Charles University, Prague and Franck Marchis, Senior Planetary Astronomer at the SETI Institute

Filmed live at the Orloj, the Prague Astronomical Clock built in 1410 and still operating. Not only is the clock still working, but it also shows the positions of the Sun and the Moon, as well as more information about the sky on its astrolabe. The Orloj can be considered a medieval planetarium, displaying the state of the universe with extreme accuracy, but it’s also a beautiful piece of art and machinery that has endured for 600 years.

Filmed by Josef Hanuš, Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy of Charles University, Prague
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