Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! About Us . ... Sun . ... Even our modern day practices of astronomy and space still rely on and use fundamental information that was produced in those premature days of ancient astronomy. ... Some historians tend to merge the astronomical history of the Babylonians and Sumerians together which therefore leads to some confusion about the two cultures but I believe the Sumerians deserve the accurate recording of their achievements. ... Astronotes . ...