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354 Listings - DR (10/10)354 Listings - DR (10/10) Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences - http://www.nd.edu/~histast4/index.html
Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.
15,998 Listings - DR (10/10)15,998 Listings - DR (10/10) Historiacoelestis - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historiacoelestis/
Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S.
249 Listings - DR (10/10)249 Listings - DR (10/10) Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures - http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/
Images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, observatories.
1,132 Listings - DR (10/10)1,132 Listings - DR (10/10) Starry Messenger - http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html
Phase I of the Electronic History of Astronomy, developed in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Trinity College, Cambridge. Covers the history of instruments and techniques, themes such as astrology and calendar reform, and biographies of major historical astronomers.
6,097 Listings - DR (9/10)6,097 Listings - DR (9/10) The Society For The History Of Astronomy - http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/
Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain.
129 Listings - DR (9/10)129 Listings - DR (9/10) Astronomy in Japan - http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html
Historical and modern Japanese astronomy, and its place in Japanese culture
1,235 Listings - DR (8/10)1,235 Listings - DR (8/10) Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light - http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Roemer/index.html
Burndy Library online publication of 1940 article detailing the background and details of Roemer's work.
On Target - DR (8/10)On Target - DR (8/10) Understanding Tidal Friction - http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/art98/bros.htm
Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit.
1,256 Listings - DR (7/10)1,256 Listings - DR (7/10) A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html
PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) MuslimHeritage.com - Astronomy - http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=18&TaxonomySubTypeID=107
Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
5 Listings - DR (6/10)5 Listings - DR (6/10) Astronomical References in the Ruba'iyât of Omar Khayyam - http://www.minaret.org/INSAP3.htm
Excerpts and commentary with reproductions of some of Elihu Vedder's illustrations.
40 Listings - DR (6/10)40 Listings - DR (6/10) Tycho's Star Maps - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=388
Celestial atlases and globes on exhibit at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy - http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm
The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.
5 Listings - DR (5/10)5 Listings - DR (5/10) History of SETI - http://www.seti.org/seti/seti-background/
An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos.
6 Listings - DR (5/10)6 Listings - DR (5/10) Historical Astronomy Division - http://www.aas.org/~had/had.html
American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself.
35 Listings - DR (5/10)35 Listings - DR (5/10) The Babylonian Theory of the Planets - http://www.maa.org/reviews/babplanets.html
A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book.
6 Listings - DR (5/10)6 Listings - DR (5/10) Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars? - http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars.
6 Listings - DR (5/10)6 Listings - DR (5/10) Big Ear Radio Observatory - http://www.bigear.org/
Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
14 Listings - DR (4/10)14 Listings - DR (4/10) From Stargazers to Starships - http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm
Tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) The Star of Bethlehem - http://www.bethlehemstar.net/
An investigation of the science and history which bear on the mysterious star said to have accompanied the advent of Christ.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Out of This World - http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/index.html
Exhibition catalog for The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas. Includes an historical essay and sample pictures.
224 Listings - DR (4/10)224 Listings - DR (4/10) Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture - http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html
The discovery of the binary pulsar.
224 Listings - DR (4/10)224 Listings - DR (4/10) The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation - http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html
Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Astronomy - http://jacq.istos.com.au/sundry/astro.html
Features history of discoveries and references.
164 Listings - DR (4/10)164 Listings - DR (4/10) HASTRO-L - http://listserv.wvu.edu/archives/hastro-l.html
Archive of the History of Astronomy Discussion Group, the mailing list for scholars in this field.
429 Listings - DR (3/10)429 Listings - DR (3/10) Gene Smith's Brief History of Astronomy - http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html
Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD). Includes related resource links.
8 Listings - DR (3/10)8 Listings - DR (3/10) A Brief SETI Chronology - http://www.setileague.org/general/history.htm
A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home.
441 Listings - DR (3/10)441 Listings - DR (3/10) A History of X-ray Astronomy at Goddard - http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/xrays/history.html
Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.
1,627 Listings - DR (3/10)1,627 Listings - DR (3/10) Astronomy in the 18th Century - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/astronomy18c.htm
Discusses the development of reflective telescopes during the 1700's. Covers the different types of mirrors and lens that were used during these times. Includes some key contributors to the improvement of the telescope during this period.
72 Listings - DR (2/10)72 Listings - DR (2/10) The Àryabhatíya of Àryabhata - http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aryabhata.html
The oldest exact astronomic constant? The ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's AD 498 writing.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Northern California History of Astronomy Luncheon and Discussion Association - http://nchalada.org/
Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy history topics, and an archive of past discussions
278 Listings - DR (1/10)278 Listings - DR (1/10) History of Astronomy - http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
Offers a history of the field and science. Features links to related sites, awards and contact details. Provided by the Working Group for the History of Astronomy.
278 Listings - DR (1/10)278 Listings - DR (1/10) Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy - http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/enha/
Complete archive and subscription information.
757 Listings - DR (1/10)757 Listings - DR (1/10) Jewish Astronomy, From Ancient to Modern Times - http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/judaism/jewish_astro.html
Astronomy in Israel from Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory.
210 Listings - DR (1/10)210 Listings - DR (1/10) Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy - http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.
57 Listings - DR (1/10)57 Listings - DR (1/10) Islamic Astronomy - http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic%20astronomy.htm
Article by Owen Gingerich explores refinement and criticism of Ptolemaic astronomy, including religious influences on direction, and describes precursors to and influences on Copernicus.
385 Listings - DR (1/10)385 Listings - DR (1/10) Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940 - http://www.astro.uu.se/history/swehistory_1860-1940.html
From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.
134 Listings - DR (0/10)134 Listings - DR (0/10) History of Astronomy Pages - http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~heijden/history.html
Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872) and the professionalisation of Dutch astronomy; The "Lost Letters" of J.C. Kapteyn (1851-1922); Many history of astronomy and history of science links with a Dutch flavour.
12 Listings - DR (0/10)12 Listings - DR (0/10) Rundetaarn (The Round Tower) - http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/history.htm
Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.
8 Listings - DR (0/10)8 Listings - DR (0/10) Atlas Celeste - http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/bevis/home.htm
A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
8 Listings - DR (0/10)8 Listings - DR (0/10) The Manchester Astronomical Society History - http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/history.htm
The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.
41 Listings - DR (0/10)41 Listings - DR (0/10) Telescopes from the Ground Up - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/
The history of telescopes.

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