History of Astronomy

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1. Wollaston the polymath

   By Zermelo, November 25, 2024
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   • Mr H in Yorkshire
   • 14 minutes ago

2. Antikythera mechanism - In Our Time

   By Zermelo, November 14, 2024
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   • Steve Ward
   • November 19, 2024

3. Kuiper biography on special offer

   By JeremyS, May 30, 2024
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   • Nicola Fletcher
   • September 21, 2024

4. 'The Strangest Man,' Dirac biography. 1 2

   By ollypenrice, May 5, 2024
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   • Paul M
   • August 12, 2024

5. Orwell Observatory Visit with BAA Historic Section

   By Alan White, May 27, 2024
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   • NGC 1502
   • May 28, 2024

6. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

   By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
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   • Alan White
   • May 27, 2024

7. Gresham College Lectures

   By Gfamily, January 31, 2023
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   • Gfamily
   • May 2, 2024

8. Romanian Star&Sky Lore

   By Bivanus, April 20, 2024
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   • Alan White
   • April 26, 2024

9. Anyone read Vera Rubin, A life?

   By ollypenrice, April 1, 2024
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   • Gfamily
   • April 8, 2024

10. Where to read about and look at images of solar history?

    By shinebug777, March 24, 2024
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    • shinebug777
    • April 4, 2024

11. The pastels of John Russell

    By SwiMatt, April 4, 2024
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    • SwiMatt
    • April 4, 2024

12. Film-based astrophotography is now history 1 2 3

    By Cosmic Geoff, June 12, 2023
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    • Beulah
    • March 3, 2024

13. Grubb Standard Equatorials

    By MalcolmM, March 2, 2024
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    • MalcolmM
    • March 3, 2024

14. Big telescope mounts in the 19-th century

    By Nik271, February 28, 2024
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    • Nik271
    • February 28, 2024

15. Calculating the path of the December 447AD solar eclipse

    By inFINNity Deck, February 10, 2024
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    • inFINNity Deck
    • February 10, 2024

16. Kellermann & Bouton - Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe [Book]

    By lrh, January 30, 2024
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    • lrh
    • January 30, 2024

17. A theory on constellations

    By Extralien, December 20, 2023
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    • Earl
    • January 9, 2024

18. Astronomy of the Next Return of Halley's Comet

    By StarMen76, December 16, 2023
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    • tomato
    • December 18, 2023

19. The Observatory; A Monthly Review of Astronomy - early issues from the late 1800's

    By macpurity, November 14, 2023
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    • macpurity
    • November 14, 2023

20. Lunar archaeoastronomy

    By Gfamily, November 8, 2023
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    • SwiMatt
    • November 10, 2023

21. Basilica of Santa Croce

    By Andy ES, September 12, 2023
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    • Andy ES
    • September 13, 2023

22. Figuring out the references in Friedrich G.W. Struve's catalogue of double stars

    By Agerskov, August 8, 2023
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    • lunator
    • August 10, 2023

23. Obit. Prof. Mike Seaton (Astrophysics++)

    By Macavity, July 28, 2023
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    • Macavity
    • July 28, 2023

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

    By orion25, October 24, 2022
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    • SwiMatt
    • May 30, 2023

25. Academic Trees? Science meets Genealogy!

    By Macavity, April 7, 2023
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    • saac
    • April 7, 2023