History of Astronomy

134 topics in this forum

1. Einstein and Hubble photo. 1 2

   By ollypenrice, March 8
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   • merlin100
   • May 13

2. MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY

   By Sunshine, March 7, 2018
   • 5 replies
   • 1,568 views
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   • Sunshine
   • May 1

3. Will Hay - Amateur Astronomer (Telescopes!)

   By Macavity, December 27, 2017
   • 14 replies
   • 1,671 views
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   • ScouseSpaceCadet
   • May 1

4. Kepler Quotes on SN1604

   By Knight of Clear Skies, April 19
   • 2 replies
   • 223 views
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   • Waddensky
   • April 19

5. Show Us Your Historic Star Maps 1 2

   By Paz, February 27, 2016
   • 36 replies
   • 1,700 views
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   • Oldfort
   • April 13

6. Melotte.

   By Ciaran Meier, March 22
   • 1 reply
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   • jambouk
   • March 22

7. Kepler, Maestlin and the orbit of Mars

   By bscribbler, February 11
   • 3 replies
   • 524 views
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   • ollypenrice
   • February 17

8. Astronomy through philately

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

9. Sikhote Alin meteorite

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

10. Ockham's razor and astronomy 1 2

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

11. Astronomers and flight... 1 2

    By ollypenrice, November 29, 2017
    • 30 replies
    • 1,387 views
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    • ian_bird
    • January 6

12. Mogey telescopes

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

13. Fritz Zwicky biography.

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

14. Old Comet picture archive.

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

15. John von Neumann biography

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

16. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

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

17. Large number of historic texts - Hathi Trust

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

18. Apollo 11 memorabilia

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

19. Ancient mirror with interesting cell

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

20. history of B C & F Ltd.

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

21. Bean paintings

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

22. Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: Neil English

    By azrabella, December 21, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 1,719 views
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    • gman007
    • May 19, 2019

23. Caroline Herschel's Notebooks.

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

24. Cracking little Herschel video

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

25. Tenmon Bunya no Zu, A Japanese star chart

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