▲ 183 ▼ How did people tell time at night before clocks? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
[–] snooggums@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Without light pollution most people can identify the stars with a few nights practice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Things like Orion and Ursa Major are dead easy. Cassiopeia isn't hard either. And then with less light pollution you have Andromeda and such. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Things like Orion and Ursa Major are dead easy. Cassiopeia isn't hard either. And then with less light pollution you have Andromeda and such. permalink fedilink source parent