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Assyro-Babylonian Mythology: The Astronomy of Babylon The astronomy of Babylon as it relates to the Babylonian Gods of worship.
The Babylonian astronomers used a set of 30 stars as references forcelestial position, and their astronomical diaries detailed the locationsof the moon and planets with respect to the stars. Reports of bad weatheror unusual atmospheric phenomena - like rainbows and haloes - found theirway into the diaries, too. Finally, various events of local importance(fires, thefts, and conquests), the amount of rise or fall in the riverat Babylon, and the quantity of various commodities that could be purchasedfor one silver shekel filled out the diligent astronomer's report.