History of Astronomy

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1. Archaeoastronomy of the Ocmulgee Earth Lodge (Macon, Georgia US)

   By orion25, October 24, 2022
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   • SwiMatt
   • Friday at 18:22

2. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

   By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
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   • Rusted
   • April 13

3. Academic Trees? Science meets Genealogy!

   By Macavity, April 7
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   • saac
   • April 7

4. Apollo A Man on the Moon

   By Marvin Jenkins, March 14
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   • Swoop1
   • March 24

5. Why is The Lambda Orionis Cluster called Aunt Margaret's Mirror?

   By Agerskov, February 25
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   • ollypenrice
   • February 28

6. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

   By Macavity, February 11
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   • Captain Scarlet
   • February 20

7. Gresham College Lectures

   By Gfamily, January 31
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   • Gfamily
   • January 31

8. New Online Course: History & Philosophy of Astronomy

   By Astro_Dad, December 1, 2022
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   • Astro_Dad
   • December 18, 2022

9. Why is Messier 110 called The Edward Young Star

   By Agerskov, November 29, 2022
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   • Agerskov
   • December 1, 2022

10. History of expansion.

    By Marvin Jenkins, October 29, 2022
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    • ollypenrice
    • November 12, 2022

11. Fragment of Hipparchus star map discovered

    By Zermelo, October 22, 2022
    • 4 replies
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    • Carbon Brush
    • November 10, 2022

12. A focal length of 122 feet!

    By AMcD, October 13, 2022
    • 13 replies
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    • Mircea
    • October 19, 2022

13. Greek deities and their planetary counterparts

    By Westmoorland, October 2, 2022
    • 15 replies
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    • Westmoorland
    • October 18, 2022

14. The Hale telescope in 1948

    By Nik271, September 18, 2022
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    • Ceramus
    • September 23, 2022

15. Messier's observations

    By jambouk, September 23, 2022
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    • jambouk
    • September 23, 2022

16. Apollo Remastered

    By billhinge, August 27, 2022
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    • Steve Ward
    • September 18, 2022

17. Happy Birthday John Dobson

    By Astro_Dad, September 14, 2022
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    • Astro_Dad
    • September 14, 2022

18. Burnham's Celestial Handbooks - the missing index

    By jambouk, September 14, 2022
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    • jambouk
    • September 14, 2022

19. Histoire Céleste Française

    By Demonperformer, September 7, 2022
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    • Demonperformer
    • September 8, 2022

20. Ancient Astronomers ? 1 2

    By Astro Noodles, June 19, 2022
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    • maw lod qan
    • September 6, 2022

21. The History of the Telescope, Henry C. King

    By Zeta Reticulan, September 4, 2022
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    • Zeta Reticulan
    • September 4, 2022

22. Show Us Your Historic Star Maps 1 2

    By Paz, February 27, 2016
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    • Knighty2112
    • August 31, 2022

23. New Jodrell Bank visitors centre

    By JeremyS, August 29, 2022
    • 3 replies
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    • JeremyS
    • August 29, 2022

24. Book on the History of Near Earth Objects Research (free)

    By JeremyS, July 30, 2022
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    • Pete Presland
    • August 7, 2022

25. Leslie F Ball , superb astronomical illustrator.

    By Laurieast, July 28, 2022
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    • Laurieast
    • July 28, 2022