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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.
	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.
	Big Ear Radio Observatory - http://www.bigear.org/ Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
	Astronomy in Japan - http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html Historical and modern Japanese astronomy, and its place in Japanese culture
	Telescopes from the Ground Up - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/ The history of telescopes.

	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.
	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.
	Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy - http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/enha/ Complete archive and subscription information.
	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.
	The Society For The History Of Astronomy - http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/ Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain.

	Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy - http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.
	Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940 - http://www.astro.uu.se/history/swehistory_1860-1940.html From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.
	A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics.
	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.
	The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation - http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.

	Russell A. Hulse - Nobel Lecture - http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-lecture.html The discovery of the binary pulsar.
	A History of X-ray Astronomy at Goddard - http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/xrays/history.html Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.
	History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy - http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.
	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.
	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.

	Rundetaarn (The Round Tower) - http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/history.htm Astronomy in Denmark: Brahe, Roemer, Hertzsprung.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	History of SETI - http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=572 An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos.

	Historiacoelestis - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historiacoelestis/ Yahoo group moderated by Stuart Williams, F.R.A.S.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

	Biennial History of Astronomy Conferences - http://www.nd.edu/~histast4/index.html Workshops at Notre Dame, papers presented, abstracts, group pictures of attendees.
	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.
	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
	Atlas Celeste - http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/bevis/home.htm A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.
	The Cosmic Elk - http://www.cosmicelk.net/ World history of astronomy and timekeeping with updates, and origins, based on original sources and places where possible.

	Astronomy - http://jacq.istos.com.au/sundry/astro.html Features history of discoveries and references.
	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.
	King Edward VI's Defence of Astronomy - http://www.cosmicelk.net/edward6.htm Article by Heather Hobden on this historic document which shows the understanding of astronomy in the mid 16th century. Edward had his own astronomical instruments which are described.
	Astronomy in the 18th Century - http://www.cosmicelk.net/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.
	The Manchester Astronomical Society History - http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/history.htm The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.

	Hindu Cosmological Time Cycles - http://westgatehouse.com/cycles.html An accurate calendar and the progenitor of the sexagesimal (base 60) "degree, minutes, seconds" measurement system.
	Astronomy in the 19th - 21st Centuries - http://www.cosmicelk.net/gamma.htm Part of the history of astronomy covering the discoveries of the size and nature of the universe.
	Fireballs: A History of Meteors and other Atmospheric Phenomena - http://www.fireballhistory.com Provides a history of phenomena seen in the sky from ancient times until the modern age.
	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.
	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.

	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.
	Islamic Astronomy - http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PHYS/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic_astronomy.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.

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