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Detailed explanation-1: -The first documented records of systematic astronomical observations date back to the Assyro-Babylonians around 1000 BCE. From this cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia – in the southern part of present-day Iraq – astronomers had built up knowledge of the celestial bodies and recorded their periodic motions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early Observations: Early people noticed constellations of stars in the sky that looked like animals and people, and made up stories about what they thought they saw. In fact, the oldest records we have of astronomical observations are 30, 000-year-old paintings found on the walls of caves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Astronomy is the study of everything in the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere. That includes objects we can see with our naked eyes, like the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars . It also includes objects we can only see with telescopes or other instruments, like faraway galaxies and tiny particles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Astrolabes, which could locate and predict the movement of heavenly bodies like the Moon, planets, and stars, were first developed in the 11th century BC and were refined throughout the ages.