China Report: The Street Astronomers of Xian

Street-Astronomer-Gearlog.jpgOn my eclipse tour’s last night in Xi’an, an ancient capitol of China that was once the world’s largest city, our leader told us that he had come across a man with a telescope showing people the planet Jupiter near the Drum Tower, a few blocks from our hotel. My curiosity piqued, I went for a walk through the city’s Muslim quarter where the Drum Tower stands, and eventually found a whole fleet of telescopes and a few other surprises.

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