FALSE DAWN THEORIES IN THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY

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GIAHI YAZDI H.R.

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Journal: TARIKH-E ELM Year:2006 | Volume:- | Issue:5 Page(s): 13-36

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FALSE DAWN THEORIES IN THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY

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FALSE DAWNQ4

TRUE DAWNQ4

ZODIACAL LIGHTQ4

ASTRONOMICAL TWILIGHTQ4

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In the astronomy of the Islamic Period, the ASTRONOMICAL TWILIGHT is called “true dawn”. In the Islamic ordinances the observation of this phenomenon indicates the beginning time of the morning prayer. There are also some reports about the visibility of an elongated faint glow before TRUE DAWN which was called “FALSE DAWN”. In modern astronomy it is clear that the FALSE DAWN is caused by the reflection of the sunlight from the interplanetary dust particles, known as the “zodiacal light”, because it extends along the ecliptic. But most astronomers of the Islamic period assumed that it is caused by the reflection of the sunlight in the earth’s atmosphere, similar to the origin of the TRUE DAWN. Some of them, of course, did realize that, according to observational evidence, the FALSE DAWN cannot be caused in the earth’s atmosphere, but they could not substitute a new scientific theory to explain the real origin of the FALSE DAWN. In this preliminary survey various theories regarding the origin and appearance of the FALSE DAWN are presented from published and unpublished texts on astronomy of the Islamic period.

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GIAHI YAZDI, H.R.. (2006). FALSE DAWN THEORIES IN THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY. TARIKH-E ELM, -(5), 13-36. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/146625/en

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GIAHI YAZDI H.R.. FALSE DAWN THEORIES IN THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY. TARIKH-E ELM[Internet]. 2006;-(5):13-36. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/146625/en

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H.R. GIAHI YAZDI, “FALSE DAWN THEORIES IN THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY,” TARIKH-E ELM, vol. -, no. 5, pp. 13–36, 2006, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/146625/en

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