History of Astronomy

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1. Robert Burnham Jnr

   By Paul M, 10 hours ago
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   • JeremyS
   • 9 hours ago

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

   By Macavity, September 20
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   • JeremyS
   • October 12

3. Tenmon Bunya no Zu, A Japanese star chart

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

4. David Sinden Remembered

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

5. Einstein and The Yerkes 40 Inch Refractor

   By michael8554, August 7
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   • kirkster501
   • August 24

6. "The emergence of modern astronomy"

   By vineyard, August 8
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   • andrew s
   • August 9

7. Einstein and Hubble photo. 1 2

   By ollypenrice, March 8
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   • merlin100
   • May 13

8. MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY

   By Sunshine, March 7, 2018
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   • Sunshine
   • May 1

9. Will Hay - Amateur Astronomer (Telescopes!)

   By Macavity, December 27, 2017
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   • ScouseSpaceCadet
   • May 1

10. Kepler Quotes on SN1604

    By Knight of Clear Skies, April 19
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    • Waddensky
    • April 19

11. Show Us Your Historic Star Maps 1 2

    By Paz, February 27, 2016
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    • Oldfort
    • April 13

12. Melotte.

    By Ciaran Meier, March 22
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    • jambouk
    • March 22

13. Kepler, Maestlin and the orbit of Mars

    By bscribbler, February 11
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    • ollypenrice
    • February 17

14. Astronomy through philately

    By oldannie, January 5
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    • saac
    • February 5

15. Sikhote Alin meteorite

    By Kn4fty, October 6, 2019
    • 23 replies
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    • Owmuchonomy
    • February 2

16. Ockham's razor and astronomy 1 2

    By johnjoe, January 17
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    • johninderby
    • January 25

17. Astronomers and flight... 1 2

    By ollypenrice, November 29, 2017
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    • ian_bird
    • January 6

18. Mogey telescopes

    By Ruud, December 6, 2019
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    • mikeDnight
    • December 24, 2019

19. Fritz Zwicky biography.

    By ollypenrice, November 3, 2019
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    • Marvin Jenkins
    • November 26, 2019

20. Old Comet picture archive.

    By Marvin Jenkins, November 4, 2019
    • 12 replies
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    • Paul M
    • November 14, 2019

21. John von Neumann biography

    By Tiki, November 6, 2019
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    • Tiki
    • November 6, 2019

22. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

    By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
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    • Mark-V
    • September 15, 2019

23. Large number of historic texts - Hathi Trust

    By furrysocks2, August 6, 2019
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    • baggywrinkle
    • September 10, 2019

24. Apollo 11 memorabilia

    By JeremyS, August 16, 2019
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    • Rob
    • August 16, 2019

25. Ancient mirror with interesting cell

    By markse68, August 9, 2019
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    • dobblob
    • August 13, 2019