History of Astronomy

124 topics in this forum

1. Sikhote Alin meteorite

   By Kn4fty, October 6
   • 12 replies
   • 183 views
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   • John
   • Saturday at 20:03

2. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

   By baggywrinkle, September 10
   • 1 reply
   • 185 views
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   • Mark-V
   • September 15

3. Large number of historic texts - Hathi Trust

   By furrysocks2, August 6
   • 2 replies
   • 264 views
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   • baggywrinkle
   • September 10

4. Apollo 11 memorabilia

   By JeremyS, August 16
   • 1 reply
   • 153 views
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   • Rob
   • August 16

5. Ancient mirror with interesting cell

   By markse68, August 9
   • 1 reply
   • 222 views
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   • dobblob
   • August 13

6. history of B C & F Ltd.

   By Philip R, July 27
   • 23 replies
   • 536 views
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   • Peter Drew
   • August 2

7. Bean paintings

   By Kn4fty, June 17
   • 2 replies
   • 393 views
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   • Kn4fty
   • June 17

8. Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: Neil English

   By azrabella, December 21, 2018
   • 7 replies
   • 1,315 views
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   • gman007
   • May 19

9. Caroline Herschel's Notebooks.

   By Lurcher, April 21
   • 2 replies
   • 549 views
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   • Paz
   • May 4

10. Cracking little Herschel video

    By johnfosteruk, April 9
    • 2 replies
    • 347 views
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    • Martin Meredith
    • April 11

11. Tenmon Bunya no Zu, A Japanese star chart

    By baggywrinkle, March 27
    • 2 replies
    • 348 views
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    • Wiu-Wiu
    • March 27

12. The Transit of Venus... via the Victorian Magic Lantern!

    By TakMan, March 24
    • 3 replies
    • 342 views
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    • Stub Mandrel
    • March 25

13. Nightfall journal

    By Martin Meredith, March 10
    • 2 replies
    • 399 views
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    • Shaun_the_Sheep
    • March 19

14. Galileo's Daughter

    By Sunshine, January 14
    • 7 replies
    • 723 views
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    • Sunshine
    • February 19

15. Ani ya wi yv Pleiades

    By Kn4fty, September 15, 2018
    • 20 replies
    • 1,055 views
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    • Saganite
    • December 18, 2018

16. Apollo 13; Haynes Workshop Manual

    By Owmuchonomy, August 22, 2018
    • 14 replies
    • 878 views
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    • George Jones
    • December 4, 2018

17. Astronomy Software: The View From 1986

    By Mognet, November 19, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 517 views
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    • jambouk
    • November 19, 2018

18. David Sinden Remembered

    By Glasspusher, August 29, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 776 views
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    • Saganite
    • September 8, 2018

19. Apollo history

    By Kn4fty, August 9, 2018
    • 0 replies
    • 539 views
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    • Kn4fty
    • August 9, 2018

20. Did Aboriginal Australians Discover the Variability of Betelgeuse?

    By JeremyS, August 7, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 575 views
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    • Stu Todd
    • August 9, 2018

21. Charles Edward Barns 1862-1937

    By Putaendo Patrick, June 3, 2016   

    • charles edward barns
    • 1001 celestial wonders as observed through home-built instruments
    • 3 replies
    • 1,146 views
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    • obrazell
    • August 5, 2018

22. MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY

    By Sunshine, March 7, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 1,054 views
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    • VNA
    • July 24, 2018

23. Apollo 17 Moon Landing

    By Yamez, November 21, 2016
    • 17 replies
    • 1,710 views
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    • tomato
    • June 22, 2018

24. One Hundred Years Ago

    By Bill Barton, June 8, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 889 views
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    • goodricke1
    • June 9, 2018

25. A year on Uranus

    By knobby, May 29, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 648 views
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    • Stub Mandrel
    • May 29, 2018