Science: History of Astronomy

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Humans have long pondered the magnificence of the night sky, written poems about it, worshipped it, found evidence in it of a Creator – or no Creator – looked at it with and without telescopes – even ventured a little way out.  And, with remarkable success, they have learned how to measure it.  What it would be like if no-one knew how far away those countless pinpricks of sparkling light really were?