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  2. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Al-Juzjani even proposed a solution to the problem. In al-Andalus, the anonymous work al-Istidrak ala Batlamyus (meaning "Recapitulation regarding Ptolemy"), included a list of objections to the Ptolemic astronomy. One of the most important works in the period was Al-Shukuk ala Batlamyus ("Doubts on Ptolemy"). In this, the author summed up the ...

  3. Category:History of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Savilian Professor of Astronomy; Ptolemy's table of chords; R. ... Timeline of astronomy; Timeline of Solar System astronomy;

  4. Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys

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    1962 — A.S. Bennett of the Cambridge Radio Astronomy Group publishes the Revised 3C Catalogue of 328 radio sources; 1965 — Gerry Neugebauer and Robert Leighton begin a 2.2 micrometre sky survey with a 1.6-meter telescope on Mount Wilson; 1982 — IRAS space observatory completes an all-sky mid-infrared survey

  5. Category:Astronomy timelines - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Timeline of Solar System astronomy; Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons;

  6. Canon of Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Canon of Kings was a dated list of kings used by ancient astronomers as a convenient means to date astronomical phenomena, such as eclipses.For a period, the Canon was preserved by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, and is thus known sometimes as Ptolemy's Canon.

  7. Timeline of telescope technology - Wikipedia

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    1970 — The first space observatory, Uhuru, is launched, being also the first gamma-ray telescope. 1975 — BTA-6 is the first major telescope to use an altazimuth mount, which is mechanically simpler but requires computer control for accurate pointing. The Oldest Observatory in the Americas is found in Bogotá, Colombia (1803).

  8. Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology

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    The Wilson Chronology of Science and Technology: A Record of Scientific Discovery and Technological Invention, from the Stone Age to the Information Age. New York : H.W. Wilson. ISBN 978-0-8242-0933-9. Rushdī Rāshid; Régis Morelon (1996). Encyclopedia of History of Arabic Science: Astronomy- theoretical and applied. Psychology Press.

  9. Category:Constellations listed by Ptolemy - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Constellations listed by Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy (after 150 CE) — 48 are IAU recognized