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  2. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The first major Arabic work of astronomy is the Zij al-Sindh by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. The work contains tables for the movements of the Sun, the Moon, and the five planets known at the time. The work is significant as it introduced Ptolemaic concepts into Islamic sciences. This work also marks the turning point in Arabic astronomy.

  3. Timeline of Solar System astronomy - Wikipedia

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    c. 150 CE – Claudius Ptolemy completes his work Almagest, that codifies the astronomical knowledge of his time and cements the geocentric model in the West, and it remained the most authoritative text on astronomy for more than 1,500 years.

  4. Timeline of cosmological theories - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of cosmological theories and discoveries is a chronological record of the development of humanity's understanding of the cosmos over the last two-plus millennia. Modern cosmological ideas follow the development of the scientific discipline of physical cosmology .

  5. Canon of Kings - Wikipedia

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    Ptolemy I Soter (Ptolemy, son of Lagus): 304–285 BC; Ptolemy II Philadelphus: 284–247 BC; Ptolemy III Euergetes: 246–222 BC; Ptolemy IV Philopator: 221–205 BC; Ptolemy V Epiphanes: 204–181 BC; Ptolemy VI Philometor: 180–146 BC; Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II: 145–117 BC; Ptolemy IX Soter II: 116–81 BC; Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus: 80 ...

  6. Almagest - Wikipedia

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    An edition in Latin of the Almagestum in 1515. The Almagest (/ ˈ æ l m ə dʒ ɛ s t / AL-mə-jest) is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek. [1]

  7. 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

  8. Timeline of telescope technology - Wikipedia

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    2nd century AD — Ptolemy (in his work Optics) wrote about the properties of light including: reflection, refraction, and colour. 984 — Ibn Sahl completes a treatise On Burning Mirrors and Lenses, describing plano-convex and biconvex lenses, and parabolic and ellipsoidal mirrors. [6] [7]

  9. Category:Astronomy timelines - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Timeline of Solar System astronomy; Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons; Timeline ...