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Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius

http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/cellarius.html

Atlas of the heavens as seen by the astronomers of the time of its 1661 printing: Copernicus, Ptolemy, Brahe, and Aratus. Entire book has been digitized and the images may be browsed or searched.

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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.

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Astronomy in Japan

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

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Big Ear Radio Observatory

http://www.bigear.org/

Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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