Neptoon!

Without math, astronomers would be pretty lost in space! This Neptoon is a tribute to the man whose work with trigonometry made parallax (and a lot of other astronomy) possible: Pythagoras!

Neptoon!

I’m kicking off a new web comic series here on the Error Bar: Neptoons! Enjoy the pleasures of astronomy-related humor that astronomers and students experience every day! Also, can you find a few familiar constellations along the top of the image?