Maester Luwin verkar ha ett observationscenter i Winterfell och nämner även att ha fått en ny lins för den.
"There was no rider, my lord. Only a carved wooden box, left on a table in my observatory while I napped. My servants saw no one, but it must have been brought by someone in the king's party. We have had no other visitors from the south."
"A wooden box, you say?" Catelyn said.
"Inside was a fine new lens for the observatory, from Myr by the look of it. The lenscrafters of Myr are without equal."
A Game of Thrones, Catelyn II
Dessa linscrafters gör sannolikt linserna för Far-eyes / Myrish-ögonen, det vill säga namnet. Dessa är i grunden teleskop och används av seglare ganska mycket såväl som maesters. Maester Luwins och Maester Aemons myriska ögon är också båda på stativ, så det är sannolikt mer permanenta egenskaper i rummet / byggnaden.
Maester Luwin's turret was so cluttered that it seemed to Bran a wonder that he ever found anything. Tottering piles of books covered tables and chairs, rows of stoppered jars lined the shelves, candle stubs and puddles of dried wax dotted the furniture, the bronze Myrish lens tube sat on a tripod by the terrace door, star charts hung from the walls, shadow maps lay scattered among the rushes, papers, quills, and pots of inks were everywhere, and all of it was spotted with droppings from the ravens in the rafters.
A Game of Thrones, Bran VII
On the edge of the Wall an ornate brass Myrish eye stood on three spindly legs. Maester Aemon had once used it to peer at the stars, before his own eyes had failed him.
A Storm of Swords, Jon IX
På en sidotal är astronomi i Westeros bara väldigt viktigt för Maestrarna, eftersom de använder den för att berätta för tiden / passagen av månaderna. Många andra använder sig av långa ögon som vi skulle använda dem för att se vidare, spejga framåt och ta en titt. Observera att långa ögon hänvisar till de människor som använder de mörka ögonen.
"Fallen," Will insisted. "There's one woman up an ironwood, half-hid in the branches. A far-eyes." He smiled thinly. "I took care she never saw me. When I got closer, I saw that she wasn't moving neither." Despite himself, he shivered.
A Game of Thrones, Prologue
High overhead, the far-eyes sang out from the rigging. Captain Moreo came scrambling across the deck, giving orders, and all around them the Storm Dancer burst into frenetic activity as King's Landing slid into view atop its three high hills.
A Game of Thrones, Catelyn IV
They were still a half day's ride from Renly's camp when they were taken. Robin Flint had ranged ahead to scout, and he came galloping back with word of a far-eyes watching from the roof of a distant windmill. By the time Catelyn's party reached the mill, the man was long gone. They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat.
A Clash of Kings, Catelyn II