• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.325-343
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• 2021

This study aims to develop two science education programs using Angbuilgu and ancient astronomical data, are Korean astronomical heritage, and explore its educational possibility through the pilot application. Considering the TSK compositional characteristics of Angbuilgu and ancient astronomical data, linkage with science curriculum, and linkage with NOS, Angbuilgu was developed as a hands-on activity for elementary school students and ancient astronomical data as a science inquiry activity for middle and high school students. The educational availability of the developed program was confirmed by pilot application to elementary and high school groups. Through the Angbuilgu activity, the students refined their conceptual knowledge by correcting misconceptions about the solar motion by season and then confirmed the possibility of connection with the concept of the celestial coordinate system. Students recognized the scientific value of Angbuilgu and understood the nature of interactions STS. In the ancient astronomical data activity, students experienced inductive and deductive inquiry methods and utilized various information and strategies. Through the activities, students improved their scientific understanding and attitude towards TSK.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.159-183
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• 2012

In order to create a desirable science culture needed in our society, it is necessary to overcome the foreignness of science and technology and to overcome severance from tradition. In this context, this article attempts to understand the characteristics of our traditional science and to explore the possibility of forming a desirable science culture through astronomy, which is an example of traditional science. Thus, this article examined the general characteristics of astronomy that had appeared first in ancient civilization. It also focused on the fact that each civilization has its own unique cultural elements together with astronomical knowledge as a field of science in traditional astronomy. Calendar and lifa(曆法), which are considered science of time, are closely connected with people's daily lives and reveal cultural differences clearly among the subfields of astronomy. In all ancient civilizations, time was represented based on the movements of the sun and the moon, but how time should be concretely represented varied, depending on different cultures. As a result, various calendar system emerged. Throughout East Asia, including our country, the luni-solar calendar was used. The calendar in East Asia, unlike that in the West, was the one derived from the lifa, which was very complex and elaborate astronomical work. The characteristics of the luni-solar calendar can be clearly found in the seasonal customs that represent people's daily lives well; however, lots of so-called superstition are also included in the seasonal customs. For this reason, it is easy to misunderstand that our calendar system is unscientific, or to suspect that our overall traditional science lacks scientific aspects. However, proper understanding of the calendar and the lifa of East Asia can confirm that scientific aspects certainly existed in our tradition. This will be the vital link to tradition that will help overcome the foreignness of today's science and technology.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.48.1-48.1
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• 2016

남십자자리(Crux)는 현재 북반구 중위도 지역에서는 관측할 수 없는 별자리지만 고대 중국의 전통 별자리 체계가 성립되던 시기인 춘추전국시대만 하더라도 지평선 부근에서 쉽게 관측할 수 있는 별자리였다. 우리는 세차운동 계산을 통해 남십자자리가 출몰성에서 전몰성으로 변했음을 확인하였고, 고대 중국의 문헌 기록과 성표, 성도의 별자리 그림 분석을 통해 남십자자리의 밝은 4개의 별이 중국의 전통 별자리인 고루성(庫褸星)과 일치함을 확인하였다. 또한 남십자자리가 관측되던 시기와 관측되지 않던 시기에 각각 작성되었던 성표와 성도 분석을 통해 고루성의 별자리 모양이 점차 변형되어 갔음을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 서양의 천문기술이 중국에 전해 진 이후 진행된 동서양의 별자리 상호 비교 및 동정 결과들을 분석하여 중국의 전통 별자리 체계에서 어떻게 고루성이 완전히 배제되게 되었는지에 대한 논의를 포함, 본 연구의 초기 결과들을 발표할 예정이다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.43.3-43.3
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• 2021

10세기부터 18세기까지 한국 역사서에 기록된 38개 흑점과 이와 연관된 것으로 보이는 25개의 적색 오로라를 조사하여 고대 흑점의 지구 영향성을 분석하였다. 고대 관측 시기를 1300년을 기준으로 이전의 온난기와 이후의 냉한기로 나누어 보면, 흑점의 관측 빈도는 두 기간에서 비슷하지만, 오로라는 냉한기에 집중적으로 관측된다. 특이하게도, 크기가 큰 흑점의 경우는 냉한기보다 온난기에서 관측 빈도가 세 배 이상 높다. 또한, 흑점과 관련된 오로라의 강도를 분석해보면 크기가 큰 흑점은 작은 흑점보다 2~3배 이상 지구영향성이 높다는 것을 알 수 있다. 우리는 1185년에 관측된 흑점이 수개월에 걸쳐 여러 차례 관측되었다는 것을 확인하였으며, 그 활동성 면에서 2003년 할로윈 이벤트와 유사했을 것으로 유추하였다. 향후 현대의 흑점 관측 스케치와 국제 흑점수의 관계를 정량화할 수 있다면, 유일하게 한국 역사서에만 찾아볼 수 있는 흑점의 크기 단위는 흑점수와 같이 태양활동의 지표로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.19-23
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• 1974

The interpolation formula Chao-ch'a-shn devised for the Chinese calendar, Shou-shih-li, has been shown as the one of the 3rd order polynomial. Its 3 coefficients have been determined from the table of the Sun in Shou-shih-li. Its applications to the moon and planets are also briefly mentioned.

• 발명특허
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• v.5 no.5 s.51
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• pp.18-21
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• 1980

히포크라테스(Hippokrates)이전의 그리스의학은 결코 의학이라고 부를수 없는 것이었다. B.C 11세기에 아스쿨레피오스(Asklepios)의 절이라고 불리는 $\lceil$병을 치료하는 절$\rfloor$이 있었다. 병자와 불구자들은 이 절에 와서 돼지와 양을 바치고 빌었다. 병은 신들이 인간을 달갑지 않게 여긴 결과 생긴 것이므로 건강을 회복하려면 물건을 바치고 정성을 들여야 한다고 믿었던 것이다. 그들은 절에 묵으면서 꿈을 꾸었고 중들은 해몽을 해서 병이 낫도록 도왔다. 때로는 약을 주기도 했다. 이 절의 중들은 강력한 의사승려의 조합을 이루었다.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.155-165
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• 2010

In this study, we investigate the changes in the equatorial lodge degrees and polar distance degrees of determinative stars in the ancient Chinese archives. Confirmed is the fact that the coordinate values of those determinative stars defined in B.C. 104 had been used until the 8th century but were modified by the observations of Li Chunfeng (李淳風) in the early 7th century and Yixing (一行) in 723 A.D. The results of this study are compared with those in History of Chinese Astronomical Observations of Pan Nai. By applying the results of comtemporary astrodynamical calculations, their reliability is checked, and the corrected catalogues of Shi Shi (石氏) and Yixing are provided. The positional accuracy of those observations is estimated to be one degree.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.230.1-230.1
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 대구경 광학탑재체의 조립, 정렬 및 시험에 사용되는 고정밀, 고안정 짐발장치의 개발에 대해서 소개하고자 한다. 광학탑재체의 광학시험을 위해 사용되는 짐발장치는 광축높이를 유지하기 위해서 높이조절이 가능해야하고, 조립과정과 광학시험과정 그리고 시험 후 광학탑재체를 짐발 장치로부터 분리하기 위해 수평상태와 수직상태로의 회전이 가능해야 한다. 광학측정 시험과정 중에 결상위치의 미세한 조절을 위해 광학탑재체를 수평상태에서 상하좌우 정밀한 회전이 가능해야한다. 우주궤도환경 하에서 성능측정을 위해 열진공체임버 안에서의 광학시험이 필요하므로 짐발장치를 구성하는 재질은 모두 진공사용이 적합한 것이어야 한다. 광학측정 중에 측정설비주변에서부터 인가된 외란은 광학시험과 같은 민감한 시험에서는 철저하게 제거되어야 하는데, 이와 관련하여 짐발장치의 광학측정시험형상에서의 고유진동수와 같은 동적 특성도 설계과정에 반영하여 안정적인 측정 장치가 되도록 고려되어야 한다.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.103-120
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• 2011

The astronomical data obtained by observations of celestial objects movements are useful in our daily life. These data - such as 1) sunrise and sunset data, 2) data transformation between lunar calendar and solar calendar, 3) solar eclipse and lunar eclipse data, and 4) sun's altitude and azimuth data - were used to important things in the agricultural society and ancient kingdom. In the modern society, these data have been used continuously for the legal disputes, construction of buildings and the other areas. This is a good example of pure science data using directly in our life. However there are difficulties to public service because all the data were printed as an Almanac. Using MySQL, we constructed web-based service system which makes to use them easily. This database system was made for the quick search using the calculated orbital data of celestial bodies.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.65-71
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• 2008

It has been considered that 'exhausted eclipses' (日食旣) were total eclipses. However, modern precise calculations show that a significant fraction of such records are not realized to be total. Thus we doubt that the two concepts are equivalent. Here we investigate the meaning of 'exhausted eclipses' in the east-Asian history. We first find that eclipses of magnitude greater than 0.8 were regarded as 'exhausted eclipses' by a Korean astronomer of the 18th-century Choson dynasty. His notion was based upon the definition of 'exhausted eclipses' in the ephemerides of pre-modern Chinese dynasties. According to those ephemerides, the 'exhausted eclipses', whose magnitude is greater than 0.8, have the first contact at the western part of the solar disk and the fourth contact at the eastern part of the solar disk. A simple geometrical calculation shows that such cases really occur when the magnitude of eclipse is greater than 0.7. We pointed out that such an ancient definition might not be impractical for ancient astronomers, because the uncertainty of eclipse magnitude estimated by ancient Chinese ephemerides was 10% and the human sight has a spatial resolution of 1.2 arcmin, which is approximately one twentieth of the Sun's angular diameter.