History of Astronomy

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1. Leslie Peltier’s residence in Delphos for sale

   By JeremyS, April 22
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   • Gfamily
   • April 26

2. a glimpse of Astronomy from 1982

   By Nik271, April 14
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   • tomato
   • April 17

3. Corpuscularians and undulationalists...

   By ollypenrice, April 5
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   • ollypenrice
   • April 6

4. Frank Hyde, radio astronomy

   By jambouk, January 29
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   • Swoop1
   • March 17

5. Grubb Parsons and David Sinden

   By Glasspusher, February 10
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   • Glasspusher
   • March 9

6. Astronomy through philately

   By oldannie, January 5, 2020
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   • JeremyS
   • January 29

7. Stanley Hey's radio observatory in Richmond Park

   By jambouk, October 25, 2020
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   • jambouk
   • January 29

8. Fritz Zwicky biography.

   By ollypenrice, November 3, 2019
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   • ollypenrice
   • November 22, 2021

9. Refractor Developments In The Last 40 Years....

   By Ian McCallum, October 10, 2021
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   • Franklin
   • October 24, 2021

10. 1950s film; radio astronomy and Jodrell Bank

    By jambouk, November 25, 2020
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    • Lariliss
    • September 3, 2021

11. What is the history of the Gibraltar mount?

    By Swoop1, July 14, 2021
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    • John
    • July 21, 2021

12. Text Book of Field Astronomy…

    By Philip R, June 13, 2021
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    • Philip R
    • June 13, 2021

13. William Dawes

    By BrendanC, May 17, 2021
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    • mikemarotta
    • May 30, 2021

14. Annie Jump Cannon commemorated on US Dollar Coin

    By mikemarotta, March 4, 2021
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    • mikemarotta
    • March 9, 2021

15. Numismatics Commemorating Astronomy (and Physics)

    By mikemarotta, March 5, 2021
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    • mikemarotta
    • March 5, 2021

16. Sir Isaac Newton Fifty Pence 2017

    By Charic, January 1, 2017
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    • mikemarotta
    • March 5, 2021

17. "The emergence of modern astronomy"

    By vineyard, August 8, 2020
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    • mikemarotta
    • March 4, 2021

18. history of B C & F Ltd. 1 2

    By Philip R, July 27, 2019
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    • Davey-T
    • February 27, 2021

19. Former Constellation Noctua - Details

    By MirelesJ, December 9, 2020
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    • MirelesJ
    • December 17, 2020

20. The Surprising Historical application for the Meade ETX

    By Chris, December 16, 2020
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    • vlaiv
    • December 16, 2020

21. Parallax by Alan Hirshfeld

    By mikemarotta, December 7, 2020
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    • jambouk
    • December 7, 2020

22. Robert Burnham Jnr

    By Paul M, October 22, 2020
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    • mikemarotta
    • December 7, 2020

23. Secret Lab (telescope) inside Lnd. "Monument"

    By Macavity, September 20, 2020
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    • JeremyS
    • October 12, 2020

24. Tenmon Bunya no Zu, A Japanese star chart

    By baggywrinkle, March 27, 2019
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    • markse68
    • September 1, 2020

25. David Sinden Remembered

    By Glasspusher, August 29, 2018
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    • Glasspusher
    • August 29, 2020