History of Astronomy

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1. A year on Uranus

   By knobby, May 29, 2018
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   • Stub Mandrel
   • May 29, 2018

2. Messier mistake - M40

   By Knighty2112, September 21, 2017   

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   • JeremyS
   • May 23, 2018

3. Book suggestion - Your favorite read 1 2

   By Vox45, September 5, 2016
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   • Zeta Reticulan
   • May 17, 2018

4. One Day Conference on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy

   By Bill Barton, May 14, 2018
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   • Bill Barton
   • May 14, 2018

5. Stationary stars? 1 2

   By discovered799, April 12, 2018
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   • vlaiv
   • April 18, 2018

6. Road to Modern Astrophotography

   By jambouk, April 14, 2018   

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   • ollypenrice
   • April 14, 2018

7. The 1874 Transit of Venus

   By furrysocks2, March 28, 2018
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   • Stub Mandrel
   • April 10, 2018

8. March 14th anniversary of Pluto being discovered

   By 25585, March 13, 2018   

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   • Demonperformer
   • March 13, 2018

9. Sextant by David Barrie.

   By ollypenrice, February 23, 2018
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   • ollypenrice
   • March 7, 2018

10. Globular cluster symbol

    By Japponiglio, March 6, 2018
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    • Japponiglio
    • March 6, 2018

11. William Herschel the symphonist

    By kerrylewis, February 21, 2018
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    • Knighty2112
    • February 21, 2018

12. SHA e-News February 2018

    By jambouk, January 26, 2018   

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    • jambouk
    • January 26, 2018

13. Who 'discovered' averted vision?

    By johnfosteruk, January 22, 2018
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    • johnfosteruk
    • January 25, 2018

14. The Victorian Amateur Astronomer - Allan Chapman

    By jambouk, October 29, 2017   

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    • Space Hopper
    • January 17, 2018

15. Exploring the moon through binoculars

    By Stu, July 17, 2017
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    • laowhoo
    • December 31, 2017

16. Mathematics and Mathematical Astronomy - scanned texts

    By furrysocks2, December 21, 2017
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    • furrysocks2
    • December 21, 2017

17. The History of Astronomy in Worcestershire Project

    By michaelmorris, December 16, 2017   

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    • Bill Barton
    • December 17, 2017

18. BAA Historical section meeting - 25th November

    By michaelmorris, November 22, 2017   

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    • jambouk
    • November 27, 2017

19. SHA Autumn Conference 28th October 2017

    By jambouk, October 27, 2017   

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    • JohnWC
    • November 5, 2017

20. SHA e-News, Nov 2017

    By jambouk, November 2, 2017
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    • jambouk
    • November 2, 2017

21. History of eyepieces

    By jambouk, August 18, 2017   

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    • Alfian
    • August 19, 2017

22. Maskelyne at Schiehallion

    By Martin Meredith, August 1, 2017
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    • DRT
    • August 14, 2017

23. Cometographia

    By johnfosteruk, August 12, 2017
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    • laudropb
    • August 13, 2017

24. SHA e-news, August 2017

    By jambouk, July 26, 2017   

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    • Azelfafage
    • August 11, 2017

25. Alexander Friedmann, born 16 June 1888

    By michael8554, June 16, 2017
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    • michael8554
    • June 16, 2017