From epochs obscured by the mists of prehistory, humankind has cast its gaze upward, seeking in the indifferent stars some fragment of understanding to assuage its existential bewilderment. In that ancient darkness, the heavens offered only riddles; yet, with the ceaseless march of technological advancement, our modest instruments now afford glimpses into celestial mechanisms from which those primitive stargazers recoiled in awe and terror.
The discipline of Astronomy at Miskatonic University dedicates itself to the rigorous observation, classification, and analysis of the myriad bodies adrift through the cosmic void. Here, students probe not only the movements and physical composition of distant objects, but also reckon with unsettling questions that defy the safe confines of ordinary inquiry. A foundation in Trigonometry is indispensable for all who would pursue such studies; the mathematics of angles and cosmical distances is required lest the mind founder amidst endless spheres.