Portal:Astronomy
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This portal lists books and texts on the subject of astronomy and its related fields.
General astronomy
[edit]| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens | Somerville, Mary | 1832 | Done | |
| God's glory in the heavens | Leitch, William (1814–1864) | 1867 | To be validated | |
| Popular Astronomy | Airy, George Biddell | 1881 | Done | |
| A Short History of Astronomy | Berry, Arthur | 1898 | Done | |
| The Evolution of Worlds | Lowell, Percival | 1910 | Done | |
| Astronomy | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be validated | |
| Azimuth | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be proofread | |
| Black Drop | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be proofread | |
| A beautiful February constellation | Caroline E. Furness | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine | |
| Two March Constellations | Caroline E. Furness | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine |
Solar astronomy
[edit]- Also see Category:Solar astronomy
- Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems by Alice Morse Earl (1902) (start transcription)
Planetary astronomy
[edit]- Also see Category:Planetary astronomy
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Direction and Velocity of the Motion of the Sun, and Solar System. | William Herschel | 1805 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society | To be validated |
| The Solar System | Lowell, Percival | 1903 | Done |
Bode’s Law
[edit]- "Bode's Law Of Planetary Distances" in God's glory in the heavens Synoptical Tables by William Leitch (1867)
- "The Nebular Hypothesis" in God's glory in the heavens by William Leitch (1867)
- Within "Questions Concerning the Minor Planets" in Popular Science Monthly, 39 (June 1891)
- "The Planet Eros" in Popular Science Monthly, 58 (April 1901)
- Within "The Outer Planets" in The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1910)
- "Bode, Johann Elert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Bode's law" in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Within "Lecture IV" in A Voyage in Space by Herbert Hall Turner (1913)
- "The Planets" in Simplified Scientific Astrology by Max Heindel (1919)
Mercury
[edit]Venus
[edit]Moon
[edit]- Also see Category:Moon
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Moon | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| Lunar Temperatures | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Moon's Influence on the Weather | Prestel, M. A. F. | 1876 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Is the Moon a Dead Planet? | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Tides I | Schneider, Elias | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| The Tides II | Schneider, Elias | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Lunar Lore and Portraiture | Fryatt, F. E. | 1881 | Popular Science Monthly | To be validated |
| The Formation of Lunar Craters | 1883 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Moon and the Weather | Oliver, John W. | 1888 | Popular Science Monthly | To be proofread |
| The Moon | Aitken, Robert G. | 1917 | Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Done |
Mars
[edit]
- Also see Category:Mars
- MER press briefing, January 28, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, January 30, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 2, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 4, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 6, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 9, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 12, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, March 3, 2004, NASA
Fiction about Mars
[edit]- Burl series by Murray Leinster (1920-1954)
Jupiter
[edit]- "News from Jupiter" in Littell's Living Age, 133 (1714)
Saturn
[edit]Uranus
[edit]Neptune
[edit]Comets
[edit]Meteoroids
[edit]Tektites
[edit]- "Moldavite," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- On Moldavites from Bohemia and Moravia by František Hanuš (1928, English translation 1964)
Stellar astronomy
[edit]Stars
[edit]Nebulae
[edit]Galactic astronomy
[edit]Extragalactic astronomy
[edit]| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andromeda | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | |
| The Great Nebula in Andromeda | Edward Emerson Barnard | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine |
Cosmology
[edit]Periodicals
[edit]- Astronomische Nachrichten (1821- )
- Popular Astronomy
- General Notes from Vol. 30, 1922. p.381-384
Navigation
[edit]- Navigational Astronomy, a chapter of The American Practical Navigator
Orbits
[edit]| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anomaly | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | |
| Apse and Apsides | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica |
Biographies of astronomers
[edit]| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel | Mrs John Herschel | 1876 | To be proofread | |
| Sir William Herschel, his life and works | Edward Singleton Holden | 1881 | To be validated | |
| Tycho Brahe: a picture of scientific life and work in the sixteenth century (transcription project) | John Louis Emil Dreyer | 1890 | To be proofread | |
| William Herschel and his work | James Sime | 1900 | To be proofread | |
| Galileo | Walter William Bryant | 1918 | Done | |
| Herschel | Hector Macpherson | 1919 | Done | |
| Kepler | Walter William Bryant | 1920 | To be validated |
Research
[edit]| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy in America | 1876 | Popular Science Monthly | |
| An American Achievement in Astronomy | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly |
Poetry
[edit]- An Astrologer's Song, poem by Rudyard Kipling
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Subclass QB on Project Gutenberg
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