History of Astronomy

196 topics in this forum

1. Anyone read Vera Rubin, A life?

   By ollypenrice, April 1
   • 3 replies
   • 229 views
   • 
   • Gfamily
   • April 8

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

   By shinebug777, March 24
   • 5 replies
   • 249 views
   • 
   • shinebug777
   • April 4

3. The pastels of John Russell

   By SwiMatt, April 4
   • 7 replies
   • 111 views
   • 
   • SwiMatt
   • April 4

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

   By Cosmic Geoff, June 12, 2023
   • 73 replies
   • 3k views
   • 
   • Beulah
   • March 3

5. Grubb Standard Equatorials

   By MalcolmM, March 2
   • 4 replies
   • 223 views
   • 
   • MalcolmM
   • March 3

6. Big telescope mounts in the 19-th century

   By Nik271, February 28
   • 0 replies
   • 248 views
   • 
   • Nik271
   • February 28

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

   By inFINNity Deck, February 10
   • 2 replies
   • 219 views
   • 
   • inFINNity Deck
   • February 10

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

   By lrh, January 30
   • 0 replies
   • 237 views
   • 
   • lrh
   • January 30

9. A theory on constellations

   By Extralien, December 20, 2023
   • 8 replies
   • 786 views
   • 
   • Earl
   • January 9

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

    By StarMen76, December 16, 2023
    • 14 replies
    • 543 views
    • 
    • tomato
    • December 18, 2023

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

    By macpurity, November 14, 2023
    • 0 replies
    • 422 views
    • 
    • macpurity
    • November 14, 2023

12. Lunar archaeoastronomy

    By Gfamily, November 8, 2023
    • 7 replies
    • 500 views
    • 
    • SwiMatt
    • November 10, 2023

13. Basilica of Santa Croce

    By Andy ES, September 12, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 915 views
    • 
    • Andy ES
    • September 13, 2023

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

    By Agerskov, August 8, 2023
    • 10 replies
    • 762 views
    • 
    • lunator
    • August 10, 2023

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

    By Macavity, July 28, 2023
    • 2 replies
    • 602 views
    • 
    • Macavity
    • July 28, 2023

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

    By orion25, October 24, 2022
    • 9 replies
    • 1.4k views
    • 
    • SwiMatt
    • May 30, 2023

17. Whipple Musuem of the History of Science, Cambridge

    By baggywrinkle, September 10, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 2k views
    • 
    • Rusted
    • April 13, 2023

18. Academic Trees? Science meets Genealogy!

    By Macavity, April 7, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    • 
    • saac
    • April 7, 2023

19. Apollo A Man on the Moon

    By Marvin Jenkins, March 14, 2023
    • 7 replies
    • 931 views
    • 
    • Swoop1
    • March 24, 2023

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

    By Agerskov, February 25, 2023
    • 8 replies
    • 1.3k views
    • 
    • ollypenrice
    • February 28, 2023

21. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

    By Macavity, February 11, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 951 views
    • 
    • Captain Scarlet
    • February 20, 2023

22. Gresham College Lectures

    By Gfamily, January 31, 2023
    • 0 replies
    • 891 views
    • 
    • Gfamily
    • January 31, 2023

23. New Online Course: History & Philosophy of Astronomy

    By Astro_Dad, December 1, 2022
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    • 
    • Astro_Dad
    • December 18, 2022

24. Why is Messier 110 called The Edward Young Star

    By Agerskov, November 29, 2022
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    • 
    • Agerskov
    • December 1, 2022

25. History of expansion.

    By Marvin Jenkins, October 29, 2022
    • 16 replies
    • 1.5k views
    • 
    • ollypenrice
    • November 12, 2022