History of Astronomy

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1. Fragment of Hipparchus star map discovered

   By Zermelo, October 22, 2022
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   • Carbon Brush
   • November 10, 2022

2. A focal length of 122 feet!

   By AMcD, October 13, 2022
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   • Mircea
   • October 19, 2022

3. Greek deities and their planetary counterparts

   By Westmoorland, October 2, 2022
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   • Westmoorland
   • October 18, 2022

4. The Hale telescope in 1948

   By Nik271, September 18, 2022
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   • Ceramus
   • September 23, 2022

5. Messier's observations

   By jambouk, September 23, 2022
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   • jambouk
   • September 23, 2022

6. Apollo Remastered

   By billhinge, August 27, 2022
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   • Steve Ward
   • September 18, 2022

7. Happy Birthday John Dobson

   By Astro_Dad, September 14, 2022
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   • Astro_Dad
   • September 14, 2022

8. Burnham's Celestial Handbooks - the missing index

   By jambouk, September 14, 2022
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   • jambouk
   • September 14, 2022

9. Histoire Céleste Française

   By Demonperformer, September 7, 2022
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   • Demonperformer
   • September 8, 2022

10. Ancient Astronomers ? 1 2

    By Astro Noodles, June 19, 2022
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    • maw lod qan
    • September 6, 2022

11. The History of the Telescope, Henry C. King

    By Zeta Reticulan, September 4, 2022
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    • Zeta Reticulan
    • September 4, 2022

12. Show Us Your Historic Star Maps 1 2

    By Paz, February 27, 2016
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    • Knighty2112
    • August 31, 2022

13. New Jodrell Bank visitors centre

    By JeremyS, August 29, 2022
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    • JeremyS
    • August 29, 2022

14. Book on the History of Near Earth Objects Research (free)

    By JeremyS, July 30, 2022
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    • Pete Presland
    • August 7, 2022

15. Leslie F Ball , superb astronomical illustrator.

    By Laurieast, July 28, 2022
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    • Laurieast
    • July 28, 2022

16. Bean paintings

    By Kn4fty, June 17, 2019
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    • Mandy D
    • July 23, 2022

17. Star-Names and Their Meanings... R.H.Allen

    By SthBohemia, July 18, 2022
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    • SthBohemia
    • July 18, 2022

18. The Surprising Historical application for the Meade ETX

    By Chris, December 16, 2020
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    • robin_astro
    • July 15, 2022

19. Bode's star catalogue of over 17,000 stars

    By Agerskov, July 1, 2022
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    • Agerskov
    • July 3, 2022

20. Help needed - good academic datbases/libraries of 16th-19th century European astronomy documents

    By Erla, May 23, 2022
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    • Gfamily
    • June 12, 2022

21. Heliometer

    By Phigla, May 27, 2022
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    • Sunshine
    • May 30, 2022

22. Leslie Peltier’s residence in Delphos for sale

    By JeremyS, April 22, 2022
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    • Gfamily
    • April 26, 2022

23. a glimpse of Astronomy from 1982

    By Nik271, April 14, 2022
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    • tomato
    • April 17, 2022

24. Corpuscularians and undulationalists...

    By ollypenrice, April 5, 2022
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    • ollypenrice
    • April 6, 2022

25. Frank Hyde, radio astronomy

    By jambouk, January 29, 2022
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    • Swoop1
    • March 17, 2022