Talk:Astronomy

General structure of the article

I started working on this article, and made some improvements. However, I would like to get feedback about four different problems:

1. I could not help from noticing that the whole article looks more like a laundry list rather than something organic (and my efforts have only re-organized/expanded/corrected the laundry list): I don't really know how to improve the general structure, but suggestions are obviously welcome.
2. To me, the introductory section looks very weak, with too much enphasis on historical aspects and amateur astronomy. Should it be completely rewritten?
3. I think I have added a lot of information to the "astronomical observations" section, and I wonder whether it could be TOO much. Also, I suspect that my language might be too technical, at certain points. Non-expert opinions on this point are particularly important.
4. The current final part of the "astronomical observations" should obviously be moved somewhere else. But where? should we create another section with a list of astronomical techniques (astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy etc.)? and what about subfields like astrophysics (much more than a subfield, I dare say, as it includes most of modern astronomy), astrobiology, astrochemistry, archeoastronomy (which in my opinion is part of archeology..)?

I look forward to reading your opinions --ripa 18:48, 24 January 2007 (CST)

South American

It seems to me, including the Greek, Egypts and other peoples should also include the Maya and the Inka cultures as they too build many "sun"-based observatories for the longest day. Robert Tito 10:06, 1 February 2007 (CST)