AstroWeb: Astronomy History Resources
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Amateur Astronomy Web Guide
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Astronomy Web Guide provides links to amateur and professional Internet
resources for amateur astronomers or anyone looking for Astronomy information
(students, teachers, parents...). Each web site listed includes a brief
description.
- http://astronomywebguide.com/
- Categories: education history
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Astronomia Autodidacta
(Colombia)
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Astronomy resourses for beginners and amateurs in Spanish
- http://www.astrodidacta.org
- Categories: misc education history society
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Astronomy and Islam
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A galaxy of astronomical links many with an Islamic flavour.
- http://www.ummah.net/astronomy/
- Categories: misc education history software
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Astronomy of Many Cultures from Around the World
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This is a new annotated listing of over 90 books,
articles, and Web sites that deal with the astronomy of
diverse cultures around the world. The readings cover the astronomical
work and ideas of South and Central America, Hawaii and
Polynesia, Africa, India, and Islamic countries. Also included are the
astronomical ideas of the Native Americans of North America, issues
relating to people of color in the United States, plus
a small set of readings about Asian and ancient European
cultures.
Most of the resources cited are nontechnical and
can be used in introductory courses and public programs. A
small number of technical volumes are included at the end
for specialists.
- http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/multi.html
- Categories: education bibliography history
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Atlas Coelestis
(Felice Stoppa)
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History of sky mapping directed by Felice Stoppa. [in Italian]
- http://www.atlascoelestis.com/
- Categories: history
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Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures
(DAHAP)
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A collection of images from the history of astronomy, for
use in research and teaching.
- http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/
- Categories: pictures education history
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Franz Niklaus König: Celestial atlas (1826)
- http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/koenig/celestial.html
- Categories: history pictures
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Free online ephemeris and software library
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Online Solar System ephemeris. Free software library to read, write,
and interpolate the NASA/JPL ephemeris files, written in C for
Linux. Released under the Lesser Gnu Public License v2.1. The
site also has educational information on the Solar System.
- http://www.ephemeris.com/
- Categories: software education history
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From Stargazers to Starships
(Stargazers)
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A collection of about sixty linked files, forming a self-contained
course at the high school level on (1) elementary astronomy
(pre-telescope), (2) Newtonian mechanics (3) Spaceflight and spacecraft. The material
is presented in a historical framework with many side excursions
and incidental connections, with many outside links. Also contains a
9-section "Math refresher", a section for the guidance of teachers,
a template of a sundial with explanations, glossary and timeline.
It is an attempt to create a high-school curriculum
which makes as much use of space and spaceflight as
possible.
- http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
- Categories: education history
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Galileo Project
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A web resource on the life and works of Galileo
Galilei (1564-1642).
- http://www.rice.edu/Galileo/
- Categories: education history
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Galileo astrologer
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Special issue of the journal 'Cosmos and Culture' published from
Bath Spa University (UK). It is a source-book containing all
relevant primary and secondary-source material, including much translated from the
Italian and Latin into English for the first time.
- http://www.cultureandcosmos.com/galileosastrology.htm
- Categories: history
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Great Astronomers
(brief biographies)
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General information about some famous astronomers.
- http://wspace.danask.com/
- Categories: history
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Greek Astronomy
(The Revival of an Ancient Science)
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The Greek Astronomy subsection in the Mathematics section at the
Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_astro.html
- Categories: history
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Greek Astronomy (extra)
(Object Omitted from Exhibit)
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The Greek Astronomy subsection in the Mathematics section at the
Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Math_extra.html
- Categories: history
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History of Astronomy
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The first general History of Astronomy pages on the Web.
These pages are maintained by the Working Group for
the History of Astronomy in the Astronomische Gesellschaft
- http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
- Categories: history
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Intijalsu
(Archaeoastronomy)
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Intijalsu is the name of a group of Chilean amateur
Archaeoastronomers (study of astronomy in ancient civilizations). We study the
astronomical characteristics of archaeological sites in South America and especially
in Chile. We have now also widened our interest to
Ethnoastronomy (study of astronomy in modern societies) which is necessary
for a good and realistic understanding of these ancient civilizations.
- http://www.geocities.com/intijalsu/start.html
- Categories: history
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Introduction to Astronomy
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An introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. [in French and partly
in Malay]
- http://www.astronomes.com/
- Categories: education history
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Kepler's Laws with Animation
(Kepler, Brahe, Kepler's Laws)
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Kepler's Laws are presented with animation. Included is a brief
history of Kepler and Brahe.
- http://www.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm
- Categories: history education planetary
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Mythical Ireland - 5,000-year-old astronomy
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Mythical Ireland explores the Stone Age in the context of
astronomy, mythology and art, and reveals how the people of
5,000 years ago were master astronomers, confidently able to predict
the solstices and the seasons, and acutely aware of the
Metonic Cycle of the Moon and Precession of the Equinoxes.
- http://www.mythicalireland.com/
- Categories: history
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Neptune correspondence archive
(Neptune letters)
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New web-database on discovery of Neptune correspondence: 440 letters archived
on Filemaker-Pro -fully searchable, with summaries of each letter and
first line. Collated by Nicholas Kollerstrom (University College London).
- http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/nk/neptune-corr.htm
- Categories: history
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PlanetScapes
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Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure
unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids,
and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the
history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft
through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics
and videos.
- http://www.planetscapes.com/
- Categories: education earth history other_astronomy pictures planetary solar space
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Ritter Experiment - Discovering Ultraviolet
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This easy, low-cost experiment will allow students to discover ultraviolet
for themselves. It is ideal for a the classroom and
for science fairs. This is a version of the original
experiment in which Johann Ritter discovered that there was a
form of light beyond the visible violet end of the
spectrum.
- http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/classroom_activities/ritter_experiment.html
- Categories: physics education history
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Rundetaarn
(Observatory, music, exhibitions)
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History of astronomy, Tycho Brahe, Ole Roemer.
- http://www.rundetaarn.dk/
- Categories: history misc
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Somnium
(Chronology and History of Astronomy)
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Astronomical Chronology. Astronomers. [in Spanish and English].
- http://www.astrored.net/somnium/
- Categories: history
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The Face of the Moon: Gallileo to Apollo
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An Exhibit of Rare Books and Maps from the Collection
of the Linda Hall Library.
An online version of an
exhibition catalog that was originally published in 1989. The catalog
was written by William B. Ashworth, Jr and it won
the First Place Award in the annual competition sponsored by
the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of
College and Research Libraries. Copies of the printed catalog are
still available.
- http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/ex_face_moon.shtml
- Categories: history
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Tycho Brahe
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Website that describes life and scientific work of Tycho Brahe.
Maintained by the Tycho Brahe museum at Ven.
- http://www.tychobrahe.com/
- Categories: history
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Venus Transits
(Transits of Venus in the past and the future)
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About the transit of Venus on June 8, 2004 and
the importance of venus transits in the history of astronomy
to determine the solar parallax.
- http://www.venus-transit.de/
- Categories: history education
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Views Of The Solar System
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Views of the Solar System presents a multimedia adventure unfolding
the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and
more.
- http://www.planetscapes.com
- Categories: education earth history other_astronomy pictures planetary solar space
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Working Group for the History of Astronomy
(in the Astronomische Gesellschaft)
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The working group is open for all who are interested.
Its membership is independent from that in the AG.
- http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/aa.html
- Categories: history society
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Working Group for the History of Astronomy: Electronic newsletters
(EMA/ENHA)
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The newsletters contain announcements of conferences, exhibitions, new books, and
other related material. They are available in the German original
as well as in English translation.
- http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/aa-ejourn.html
- Categories: full_text history
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