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History:

The Àryabhatíya of Àryabhata

The oldest exact astronomic constant? The ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's AD 498 writing.

http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aryabhata.html

Astronomical References in the Ruba'iyât of Omar Khayyam

Excerpts and commentary with reproductions of some of Elihu Vedder's illustrations.

http://www.minaret.org/INSAP3.htm

Astronomy

Features history of discoveries and references.

http://jacq.istos.com.au/sundry/astro.html

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Astronomy in Japan

Historical and modern Japanese astronomy, and its place in Japanese culture

http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html

Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940

From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.

http://www.astro.uu.se/history/swehistory_1860-1940.html

Astronomy in the 18th Century

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.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/astronomy18c.htm

Atlas Celeste

A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.

http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/bevis/home.htm

The Babylonian Theory of the Planets

A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book.

http://www.maa.org/reviews/babplanets.html

Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences

Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.

http://www.nd.edu/~histast4/index.html

Big Ear Radio Observatory

Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

http://www.bigear.org/

A Brief SETI Chronology

A timeline of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from Morrison and Coconni to SETI@home.

http://www.setileague.org/general/history.htm

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.

http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html

Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures

Images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, observatories.

http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/

Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy

Complete archive and subscription information.

http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/enha/

From Stargazers to Starships

Tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm

Gene Smith's Brief History of Astronomy

Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD). Includes related resource links.

http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html

HASTRO-L

Archive of the History of Astronomy Discussion Group, the mailing list for scholars in this field.

http://listserv.wvu.edu/archives/hastro-l.html

Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy

An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html

Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles

An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes, seconds" measurement system.

http://westgatehouse.com/cycles.html

Historiacoelestis

Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historiacoelestis/

Historical Astronomy Division

American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself.

http://www.aas.org/~had/had.html

History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy

The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.

http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm

History of Astronomy

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.

http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html

History of Astronomy Pages

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.

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~heijden/history.html

History of SETI

An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos.

http://www.seti.org/seti/seti-background/

A History of X-ray Astronomy at Goddard

Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.

http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/xrays/history.html

Islamic Astronomy

Article by Owen Gingerich explores refinement and criticism of Ptolemaic astronomy, including religious influences on direction, and describes precursors to and influences on Copernicus.

http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PHYS/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic_astronomy.htm

Jewish Astronomy, From Ancient to Modern Times

Astronomy in Israel from Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory.

http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/judaism/jewish_astro.html

Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?

A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars.

http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm

The Manchester Astronomical Society History

The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.

http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/history.htm

MuslimHeritage.com - Astronomy

Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=18&TaxonomySubTypeID=107

Northern California History of Astronomy Luncheon and Discussion Association

Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy history topics, and an archive of past discussions

http://nchalada.org/

Out of This World

Exhibition catalog for The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas. Includes an historical essay and sample pictures.

http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/index.html

Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light

Burndy Library online publication of 1940 article detailing the background and details of Roemer's work.

http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Roemer/index.html

Rundetaarn (The Round Tower)

Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.

http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/history.htm

Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture

The discovery of the binary pulsar.

http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html

A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy

PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html

The Society For The History Of Astronomy

Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain.

http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/

The Star of Bethlehem

An investigation of the science and history which bear on the mysterious star said to have accompanied the advent of Christ.

http://www.bethlehemstar.net/

Starry Messenger

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.

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html

Telescopes from the Ground Up

The history of telescopes.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/

Tycho's Star Maps

Celestial atlases and globes on exhibit at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=388

Understanding Tidal Friction

Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit.

http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/art98/bros.htm

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