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Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Interprets the exploration of the Universe for the broadest possible audience and hosts one of the finest collections of early astronomical instruments in the world.
www.adlerplanetarium.org
Ancient-Skies - Human Cultures and Their Skies
Learn about the IYA2009 global scientific project, which aims to collect and publish available information about various human cultures, their astronomical knowledge, and its representation in the sky within a single web accessible knowledgebase.
www.ancient-skies.com
Antikythera Mechanism@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Ancient_Greek_Science/Antikythera_Mechanism
Astronomiae Historia/History of Astronomy
Features sites dedicated to the history of the science.
www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
Astronomy and World Heritage
Learn how UNESCO and the IAU are working together to promote research and education collaboration as part of UNESCO's Thematic Initiative "Astronomy and World Heritage".
www.astronomicalheritage.org
Celestial Atlas (1826)
By Franz Niklaus K�nig.
www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/koenig/celestial.html
Contributions of Women to the United States Naval Observatory: The Early Years
Examines the lives and contributions of the women who worked at the United States Naval Observatory before 1920.
maia.usno.navy.mil/women_history
Discovery of the Perseid Meteors
Article from Sky & Telescope magazine on Edward C. Herrick's discovery of the Perseids in 1837.
skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_124_1.asp
History of High-Energy Astrophysics
A list of many important dates in the history of high-energy astrophysics and astronomy in general, with links to further details.
guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/headates/heahistory.html
Physics and Astronomy People and Discoveries
Biographies and narratives from A Science Odyssey.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html
Shapley - Curtis Debate in 1920
Guide to understanding all facets of the Great Debate between Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis over the scale of the universe. Includes a complete transcript.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate_1920.html
Starry Messenger
Focuses on the instruments, people, and themes of early astronomy.
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html
World Heritage Centre Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative
Working to establish a link between science and culture on the basis of research aimed at acknowledging the cultural and scientific values of properties connected with astronomy.
whc.unesco.org/en/activities/19

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