21. Astronomy History Of Name_Period_Date_Unit One The History of AstronomyTargets – Unit One The Physics of Astronomy – HistoryAnswer each http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5177841/astronomy-history-of

22. Heavenly Mathematics & Cultural Astronomy An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html

Adam Schall (汤若望 [湯若望], Tāng Rùowàng, 1591-1666), Imperial Astronomer in Beijing. Designed the current Chinese calendar Astronomers at the Istanbul Observatory Objectives of the Module Topics to be Covered Practical Information and Assessment Course Schedule ... Stellarium Software Course Content Astronomy and its History Calendars Observing the Sun and the Moon from Different Parts of the World The Equation of Time ... Bad Astronomy and Pseudoscience Additional Information Lecture Notes Homework and Tutorials Old Exams Summary ... Helmer Aslaksen's home page Objectives of the Module The goal of this course is to study astronomy and mathematics in a cultural context. We will look at questions like: How is the date of Chinese New Year determined? Why do the Muslim and Chinese months start on different days? Will the Moon ever look like it does on the Singapore flag? What date of the year is the earliest sunrise in Singapore? How did ancient sailors navigate? After taking this course you will become conscious of the motion of the Sun and the Moon and notice and question things you have earlier taken for granted. You will appreciate mankind's struggle through the ages and throughout the world to understand the mathematics of the heavens. This course is one of the General Education Modules at the NUS.

23. Articles About Astronomy History - Los Angeles Times Astronomy History News. Find breaking news, commentary, and archival information about Astronomy History from the Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/astronomy-history

24. Astronomy: History: Page 4 - Category For Astronomy/History. UFOseek directory for Astronomy/History Astronomy History Page 4 http://www.ufoseek.com/Astronomy/History/more4.html

Skip to Content Astronomy: History: Page 4 Advanced Search only this category Random Link Home News Forum ... History Page 4 History Categories Eclipses, Occultations and Transits Instruments Observatories People ... Worldviews Links 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. Review It Rate It Bookmark It The �ryabhat�ya of �ryabhata ... 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. Review It Rate It Bookmark It 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. Review It Rate It Bookmark It The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation ... http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-lecture.html Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture. Review It Rate It Bookmark It The Society For The History Of Astronomy ... http://www.shastro.org.uk/

25. Telescopes From The Ground Up The history of telescopes. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/

Explore the history of telescopes, from Galileo to NASA's Great Observatories. Teaching Tips Computer Needs All About Telescopes Telescope Links

26. Astronomy/History - Discussion And Encyclopedia Article. Who Is Astronomy/Histor Astronomy/History. Discussion about Astronomy/History. Ecyclopedia or dictionary article about Astronomy/History. http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Astronomy/History/

27. Astronomy History Of Free astronomy history of downloads, download astronomy history of from Brothersoft games. http://www.brothersoft.com/games/download/astronomy-history-of.html

28. Home - Society For The History Of Astronomy Academic and popular topics, with a focus on Britain. http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/

Society for the History of Astronomy shedding light on the history of astronomy Home About the SHA News Meetings ... Links Welcome! We are the UK's national society for astronomy historians Society members on a Summer Outing to the Radcliffe Observatory at Green Templeton College, Oxford The Society for the History of Astronomy was founded in 2002. Our main aims are to rediscover the UK's local and forgotten history of astronomy by running a Survey of Astronomical History Most of all, we enjoy what we do! The Council of the SHA What's New? Why not check out the latest issue of SHA e-News News page Library page Meetings page Updated 4 July 2010 back to top SHA Member? Please: Sign In or Register SHA Council Our Council and Officers are always available to Members - find out about them here Interested in Astronomy History? here Our Survey Needs You! Survey Coordinator today! Read All About It! Download the lates t and past issues of the Society's electronic newsletter SHA e-News here (scroll down). Calendar View our calendar of events here Autumn Conference and AGM here Follow me on Twitter var clicky_page_title='Home';startClicky(20086779,'fwdb4');

29. FIREBALLS - Home Provides a history of phenomena seen in the sky from ancient times until the modern age. http://www.fireballhistory.com

Thanks for visiting! Welcome to my website. People have been looking up at the sky for thousands, if not millions of years. Until just recently, the heavens, and everything contained therein were a big mystery. Humans attempted to explain this mystery using whatever primitive means they had at their disposal. The sky was the big unknown. It was a mystical and enigmatic place where the gods dwelled. It was a region sometimes revered, sometimes feared, but always beckoning to be understood. Even today when we look up at the sky we remain awed by its majestic wonders, and the vastness of its seemingly endless reach. Sometime in the first century A.D. Pliny the Elder described one strange heavenly body as "A flame of bloody appearance." Until recent times comets, meteors and even terrestrial flames that issued from the Earth were confused with one another. Their nature could only be surmised through a mixture of guesswork and tradition. Indeed, it wasn't until the first decade of the nineteenth century that it was proven beyond all doubt that stones falling from the sky originated in outer space. Craig Hipkins Dallas, North Carolina

30. Astronomy 101 - Astronomy History - Seeing Is Believing Astronomy 101 Astronomy History - Seeing Is Believing - Lesson 2 History - A Renaissance in Science http://space.about.com/cs/astronomy101/a/astro101c.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Space / Astronomy Space / Astronomy Search Space / Astronomy Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free Space / Astronomy Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Astronomy 101 - Astronomy History - Seeing Is Believing Lesson 2: History - A Renaissance in Science From Nick Greene , former About.com Guide See More About: astronomy basics astronomy history zSB(3,3) The early theories of the Universe and astronomy, while very clever, all had the same problem. They were all based on incorrect information and beliefs. To create an accurate model, you must first begin with accurate data. Thanks to the observations of Tycho Brahe , his assistant, Johannes Kepler was able to determine that the circle was not the correct geometric form to explain planetary motions. As a mathematician, he knew that a circle is just a specialized ellipse In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei used surfaces of varying smoothness to slide blocks across. He found that rough tables made objects slow down at a faster rate than smooth ones. Extrapolating from these observations, he theorized that if a surface were completely smooth, objects would continue moving forever. Now they knew why the planets were moving, but why in a circle? Why not keep traveling in straight lines and fly off into deep space?

31. Index.html World history of astronomy and timekeeping with updates, and origins, based on original sources and places where possible. http://www.cosmicelk.net/

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32. History Of Astronomy Short biographies of several less well known British astronomers. http://www.mikeoates.org/astro-history/

History of Astronomy A site devoted to information about historical figures in astronomy that could not be found else where on the internet. If you have found your self in the position of searching the web to find some information or a photo of an historical figure in astronomy and was unsuccessful, and you may have had to do your own research. I would be very interested in using what ever material that wish to send me for use on the site. This will then help others in the future, and avoid duplicating another persons research. If you have information that I may use on this site, please contact Thank you. Current list of astronomical figures on this site. Eric Burgess - Manchester's First Rocket Man [Updated Nov 2007] William Rutter Dawes Charles Grover George Higgs John Henry Hindle ... Fr. Walter Sidgreaves Also visit The Society For The History Of Astronomy Maintained by Michael Oates Email: Page modified 29 January, 2008

33. Astronomy History - OPT Telescopes Edu Home Article Library Astronomy and Space History Astronomy History Astronomy History From the most ancient of times to the most modern of days there are historic http://www.optcorp.com/edu/articleListedu.aspx?cid=43

34. Nicolaus Copernicus (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) Life and works. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/

Cite this entry Search the SEP Advanced Search Tools ... Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free Nicolaus Copernicus First published Tue Nov 30, 2004; substantive revision Mon Aug 16, 2010 1. Life and Works 2. Astronomical Ideas and Writings 2.1 Pre-Copernican Astronomy 2.2 The ... Related Entries 1. Life and Works Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473, the youngest of four children of Nicolaus Copernicus, Sr., a well-to-do merchant who had moved to Torun from Cracow, and Barbara Watzenrode, the daughter of a leading merchant family in Torun. The city, on the Vistula River, had been an important inland port in the Hanseatic League. However, fighting between the Order of the Teutonic Knights and the Prussian Union in alliance with the Kingdom of Poland ended in 1466, and West Prussia, which included Torun, was ceded to Poland, and Torun was declared a free city of the Polish kingdom. Thus the child of a German family was a subject of the Polish crown. MW On the Revolutions De revolutionibus ). It is important to note that Copernicus's acquisition of a good reading knowledge of Greek was critical for his studies in astronomy because major works by Greek astronomers, including Ptolemy, had not yet been translated into Latin, the language of the universities at the time.

35. Astronomy History Backyard Voyager The Grubb Telescope Company (1830 – 1985) Thomas Grubb, who, along with his son, Howard, contributed at least as much to the world of astronomy as anyone in the nineteenth http://backyardvoyager.com/astronomy-history

36. The Astrolabe Ancient astronomical computer. http://astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm

The A STROLABE An instrument with a past and a future The astrolabe is a very ancient astronomical computer for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky. Several types of astrolabes have been made. By far the most popular type is the planispheric astrolabe , on which the celestial sphere is projected onto the plane of the equator. A typical old astrolabe was made of brass and was about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter, although much larger and smaller ones were made. Astrolabes are used to show how the sky looks at a specific place at a given time. This is done by drawing the sky on the face of the astrolabe and marking it so positions in the sky are easy to find. To use an astrolabe, you adjust the moveable components to a specific date and time. Once set, much of the sky, both visible and invisible, is represented on the face of the instrument. This allows a great many astronomical problems to be solved in a very visual way. Typical uses of the astrolabe include finding the time during the day or night, finding the time of a celestial event such as sunrise or sunset and as a handy reference of celestial positions. Astrolabes were also one of the basic astronomy education tools in the late Middle Ages. Old instruments were also used for astrological purposes. The typical astrolabe was not a navigational instrument although an instrument called the

37. Astronomy History Learn more about Astronomy/history. Find the Web's best health guides, medical reports, news, videos and tools for Astronomy/history. Share Astronomy/history experiences and http://www.righthealth.com/topic/Astronomy/History

38. Antique Telescopes, Spyglasses, Telescope History. An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time. http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/

Introduction Astronomy Before the Telescope 17th-Century Telescopes 18th-Century Telescopes ... Links This website looks at: Antique telescopes, a history of the telescope, historical telescopes, antique scientific instruments, the refractor vs the reflecor telescope, spyglass, pirate telescope, telescope history, history of astronomy, astronomy before the telescope, Captain Cook's telescopes and the transit of Venus, antique toy telescopes, including boy scout and cub scout telescopes, and many more photographs of old instruments. Rather than show all the well-known historical instruments in important museums (since these photos are readily available elsewhere), I prefer to show little-known astronomical instruments that are nonetheless typical of their time. I make no claims for completeness. This site is intended as an overview of historical astronomical instruments. As more material is added, the site will naturally become more comprehensive. Interested viewers may also want to see my website Homemade Astronomy where I feature homemade eyepieces as well as telescopes.

39. Astronomy & Space - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library Astronomy History. Archimedes Principle; Copernican Model; Marie Curie radioactivity; Einstein relativity; Galileo Galilei; Hipparchus; Kepler — Planetary Motion http://www.multcolib.org/homework/astrohc.html

skip navigation links My account Search this site About the library ... Stars, Galaxies and Star Gazing Megasites Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ Go on an adventure into the space through interactive games about galaxies, color and light. Learn the facts about black holes, comets, the solar system and more. Spaceweather.com http://spaceweather.com/ Keep up with all the news about outer space here. You can also sign up to get aurora alerts, and other space news via e-mail. Ask the Space Scientist http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/askmag.html Do you have a question about astronomy and space science? You've come to the right place! This website has an archive of thousands of questions that visitors have sent since August 1995. Have a look through these archives first to try and find the answer to your question, or read questions and answers from other people. From NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Image Education Center. The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System http://nineplantets.org/ Did you know that not very long ago, we thought that we had 9 planets? Follow the discussion of redefining the word "planet," and why astronomers have reached a new concensus on this matter. Take a multi-media adventure to learn the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons, and other objects in our solar system. Learn how you can explore space from your own back yard!.

40. Dudley Home Page Library, archives, outreach programs. http://www.dudleyobservatory.org/

Home About Us News Directions ... Shop Related Links Dudley Observations now online! October 2010 gnp_url = 'dudley-observatory'; Join Our Email List Email: For Email Marketing you can trust Dudley Observatory The Web Dudley Observatory 107 Nott Terrace, Suite 201 Schenectady, NY 12308 Contact Us Skywatch Lectures Fall 2010 Anna Frebel September 28, 2010 Alex Filippenko October 19, 2010 Jay Pasachoff November 30, 2010 FALL 2010 Tuesday Evenings at 7:30 in the GE Theatre at Proctors Much more info Tickets available soon: $6 Students, $11 General, $8 Members of Dudley Observatory Join now! Sponsor Information Membership 2010 - Join Now! Almost NEW Program! Dudley Astrophotography Research (K)nights CCD Imaging Workshops with Harvey Patashnick: Sign up with Janie for one night - maps provided later More dates TBA Are you interested in taking photos of celestial objects? Would you like to try your hand at research, and maybe find new planets? In addition to the imaging, we have chosen a basic variable star research project which can be worked on by members of the group. More...

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