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Tycho's Star Maps
Celestial atlases and globes on exhibit at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=388
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Understanding Tidal Friction
Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit.
http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/art98/bros.htm
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Big Ear Radio Observatory
Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
http://www.bigear.org/
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Starry Messenger
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 ma
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html
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Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light
Burndy Library online publication of 1940 article detailing the background and details of Roemer's work.
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Roemer/index.html
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Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?
A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars.
http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
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History of Astronomy
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.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
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Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy.
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html
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Astronomy in Sweden 1860-1940
From the Uppsala University Newsletter for History of Science.
http://www.astro.uu.se/history/swehistory_1860-1940.html
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MuslimHeritage.com - Astronomy
Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=18&TaxonomySubTypeID=107
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