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History of Astronomy
- History of Astronomy — the most extensive list, by Wolfgang Dick in Germany, unfortunately no longer updated.
- Some History of Astronomy Online Resources — primarily for the historian of astronomy, from the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society.
- History of Mathematics Archive — at the U. of St. Andrews in Scotland, includes much astronomy and physics, including essays on History Topics.
- Center for History of Physics — extensive site at the American Institute of Physics.
- Calendars — by LeRoy E. Doggett.
- Calendar FAQs Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope — Beautiful site from the Institute and Museum of Hisotory of Science in Florence, filled with images and animations covering much of the early history of astronomy.
- Archaeoastronomy Web Sources — by David Dearborn.
- Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Astronomy and Ethnoastronomy
- Aboriginal Star Knowledge: Native American Astronomy
- Astronomy in Japan
- Greek Astronomy — part of a museum exhibit.
- Animations of Planetary Models from Ptolemy’s Almagest — by Dennis Duke.
- The Astrolabe
- The Copernican Revolution — outline with links.
- Tycho Brahe
- The Galileo Project — the Copernican Revolution, telescopes, 16th and 17th century astronomers, and more.
- The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective — art, music, and more.
- Lunar Exploration Timeline — a timeline of lunar exploration, with links to missions.
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Out of This World: The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas
- Albert Einstein
- Einstein Archives Online
- The 1920 Shapley-Curtis "Debate" -the scale of the universe.
- The Bruce Medalists — brief biographies, photos, and bibliographies of leading 19th and 20th century astronomers.
- Cosmology Since 1900 — Outline of discoveries with links to further information.
- The Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet — Clyde Tombaugh's account of his discovery of Pluto.
- NASA History Division — includes rocket history, early astronauts, etc.
- A Brief History of High Energy Astronomy — includes dates of missions, and other astronomy-related events.
- The Discovery of Pulsars — first person account by S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
- Biographical Index to Sky & Telescope — a complete index by Kevin Krisciunas.
Astronomy as a Hobby
- Amateur Astronomy Clubs and Organizations — maintained by the ASP.
- The Antique Telescope Society — Site includes pictures of wonderful old telescopes.
- Deep Sky Astronomy — Observing notes, sketches, and more from Emil Neata in Romania.
- The Stellafane Home Page — the Springfield Telescope Makers.
- How Telescopes Work — by Craig C. Freudenrich.
- Amateur Telescope Jargon
Other Interesting Sites
- An Atlas of the Universe — Richard Powell’s excellent portrayal of the universe is similar to part of the film “Powers of Ten.” It has a good set of links, too.
- The Nine Planets Glossary — includes links to other glossaries as well.
- Star Names — a recently-compiled list of the names of the best-known stars with the meanings of the names, compiled by astronomer Steven J. Gibson.
- Star Names—Their Lore and Meaning — the complete text of a book originally published in 1899. Read the introduction before relying on it.
- Facts about Naming Stars — the official word from the International Astronomical Union. (More on naming stars).
- New Scientist magazine — British science magazine posts many articles.
- Astronomy magazine — All kinds of information, including much for hobbyists.
- The Sky & Telescope website — All kinds of information, including much for hobbyists.
- Spaceflight Now — British news source, includes much astronomy.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day — Great site with extensive archive of previous pictures of the day.
- Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory — Online reproductions of some excellent photographs and digital images of the southern sky.
- Solar Voyager: Space Art on the Web — gallery of space artists with links to their individual sites.
- Hear a pulsar
- Careers in Astronomy — a brochure from the American Astronomical Society.
- Jobs in Astronomy
- Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars — by Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell.
- NASA Spinoffs — Use of NASA technology and its impact on the economy.
- Reflections on a Mote of Dust — by Carl Sagan, after Voyager 1 took an image of the entire solar system in 1990.
- The Astrobiology Web
- The Great Moon Hoax and the Mars Hoax — Don’t believe everything you hear.
- Bad Astronomy — Astronomer Phil Plait airs out myths and misconceptions.
- SpaceQuotations.com — a collection of quotes.
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