History of Astronomy

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1. Romanian Star&Sky Lore

   By Bivanus, April 20
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   • Bivanus
   • 17 minutes ago

2. Anyone read Vera Rubin, A life?

   By ollypenrice, April 1
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   • Gfamily
   • April 8

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

   By shinebug777, March 24
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   • shinebug777
   • April 4

4. The pastels of John Russell

   By SwiMatt, April 4
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   • SwiMatt
   • April 4

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

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

6. Grubb Standard Equatorials

   By MalcolmM, March 2
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   • MalcolmM
   • March 3

7. Big telescope mounts in the 19-th century

   By Nik271, February 28
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   • Nik271
   • February 28

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

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

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

   By lrh, January 30
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   • lrh
   • January 30

10. A theory on constellations

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

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

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

12. 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

13. Lunar archaeoastronomy

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

14. Basilica of Santa Croce

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

15. 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

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

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

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

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

18. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

    By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
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    • Rusted
    • April 13, 2023

19. Academic Trees? Science meets Genealogy!

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

20. Apollo A Man on the Moon

    By Marvin Jenkins, March 14, 2023
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    • Swoop1
    • March 24, 2023

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

    By Agerskov, February 25, 2023
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    • ollypenrice
    • February 28, 2023

22. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

    By Macavity, February 11, 2023
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    • Captain Scarlet
    • February 20, 2023

23. Gresham College Lectures

    By Gfamily, January 31, 2023
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    • Gfamily
    • January 31, 2023

24. New Online Course: History & Philosophy of Astronomy

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

25. Why is Messier 110 called The Edward Young Star

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