History of Astronomy

131 topics in this forum

1. Kepler, Maestlin and the orbit of Mars

   By bscribbler, February 11
   • 3 replies
   • 193 views
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   • ollypenrice
   • Monday at 19:56

2. Astronomy through philately

   By oldannie, January 5
   • 10 replies
   • 273 views
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   • saac
   • February 5

3. Sikhote Alin meteorite

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

4. Ockham's razor and astronomy 1 2

   By johnjoe, January 17
   • 25 replies
   • 390 views
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   • johninderby
   • January 25

5. Will Hay - Amateur Astronomer (Telescopes!)

   By Macavity, December 27, 2017
   • 10 replies
   • 1,285 views
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   • Aramcheck
   • January 12

6. Astronomers and flight... 1 2

   By ollypenrice, November 29, 2017
   • 30 replies
   • 1,201 views
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   • ian_bird
   • January 6

7. Mogey telescopes

   By Ruud, December 6, 2019
   • 4 replies
   • 339 views
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   • mikeDnight
   • December 24, 2019

8. Fritz Zwicky biography.

   By ollypenrice, November 3, 2019
   • 10 replies
   • 374 views
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   • Marvin Jenkins
   • November 26, 2019

9. Old Comet picture archive.

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

10. John von Neumann biography

    By Tiki, November 6, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 99 views
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    • Tiki
    • November 6, 2019

11. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

    By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 316 views
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    • Mark-V
    • September 15, 2019

12. Large number of historic texts - Hathi Trust

    By furrysocks2, August 6, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 379 views
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    • baggywrinkle
    • September 10, 2019

13. Apollo 11 memorabilia

    By JeremyS, August 16, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 251 views
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    • Rob
    • August 16, 2019

14. Ancient mirror with interesting cell

    By markse68, August 9, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 341 views
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    • dobblob
    • August 13, 2019

15. history of B C & F Ltd.

    By Philip R, July 27, 2019
    • 23 replies
    • 697 views
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    • Peter Drew
    • August 2, 2019

16. Bean paintings

    By Kn4fty, June 17, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 504 views
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    • Kn4fty
    • June 17, 2019

17. Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: Neil English

    By azrabella, December 21, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 1,563 views
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    • gman007
    • May 19, 2019

18. Caroline Herschel's Notebooks.

    By Lurcher, April 21, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 716 views
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    • Paz
    • May 4, 2019

19. Cracking little Herschel video

    By johnfosteruk, April 9, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 462 views
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    • Martin Meredith
    • April 11, 2019

20. Tenmon Bunya no Zu, A Japanese star chart

    By baggywrinkle, March 27, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 475 views
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    • Wiu-Wiu
    • March 27, 2019

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

    By TakMan, March 24, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 442 views
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    • Stub Mandrel
    • March 25, 2019

22. Nightfall journal

    By Martin Meredith, March 10, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 513 views
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    • Shaun_the_Sheep
    • March 19, 2019

23. Galileo's Daughter

    By Sunshine, January 14, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 857 views
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    • Sunshine
    • February 19, 2019

24. Ani ya wi yv Pleiades

    By Kn4fty, September 15, 2018
    • 20 replies
    • 1,198 views
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    • Saganite
    • December 18, 2018

25. Apollo 13; Haynes Workshop Manual

    By Owmuchonomy, August 22, 2018
    • 14 replies
    • 1,044 views
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    • George Jones
    • December 4, 2018