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	Telescopes from the Ground Up URL: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/ ODP description: The history of telescopes.
	From Stargazers to Starships URL: http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm ODP description: The motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics, spaceflight and spacecraft, and a math refresher, on a high school level. This site deals with the world of gravity--of massive planets and stars, and the way spaceflight is achieved despite their strong pull. Page description: Home page and index of tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.
	Astronomy in Japan URL: http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html ODP description: Astronomy in Japan with a lot of information on Japanese Star lore and astronomical history. Page description: Astronomy in Japan
	History of Astronomy URL: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html ODP description: 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. Page title: Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy
	Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy URL: http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.html ODP description: An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. Page title: Heavenly Mathematics & Cultural Astronomy Page description: An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy
	Big Ear Memorial Website URL: http://www.bigear.org/ ODP description: Includes design and building, about the designer and builder, articles, beginners' guide, and links. Page title: Radio Astronomy and SETI - Big Ear Radio Observatory Home Page Page description: This Kraus-type radio telescope, larger than three football fields, was famous for the Wow! Signal and for the longest-running SETI project.
	Starry Messenger URL: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/starrymessenger.html ODP description: 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 major historical astronomers.
	Gene Smith's Brief History of Astronomy URL: http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html ODP description: Covers the development of this ancient science from days of Stonehenge (3100 BC) to the discovery of Pulsars (1968 AD). Includes related resource links. Page title: History of Astronomy Page description: Gene Smith's Astronomy Tutorial - History of Astronomy
	The Ã€ryabhatÃya of Ã€ryabhata URL: http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aryabhata.html ODP description: The oldest exact astronomic constant? The ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's AD 498 writing. Page title: The ÃryabhatÃya of Ãryabhata by J. Q. Jacobs Page description: A discussion of the oldest known exactive astronomic constant, the ratio of earth rotations to lunar orbits in Aryabhata's AD 498 writing.
	Jewish Astronomy, From Ancient to Modern Times URL: http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/judaism/jewish_astro.html ODP description: Astronomy in Israel from Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory. Page title: Astronomy in Israel: From Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory
	The Babylonian Theory of the Planets URL: http://www.maa.org/reviews/babplanets.html ODP description: A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book. Page title: Read This: The Babylonian Theory of the Planets Page description: Read This! --- The MAA Online book review column: review of The Babylonian Theory of the Planets, by N. M. Swerdlow
	Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars? URL: http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm ODP description: A personal account by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the discovery of pulsars. Page title: Cosmic Search Vol. 1, No. 1 - Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?
	A Science Odyssey - Physics and Astronomy URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/physastro.html ODP description: PBS articles about 20th century astronomy and physics. Page title: A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Events and Discoveries
	Astronomical References in the Ruba'iyÃ¢t of Omar Khayyam URL: http://www.minaret.org/INSAP3.htm ODP description: Excerpts and commentary with reproductions of some of Elihu Vedder's illustrations. Page title: INSAP3
	History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy URL: http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm ODP description: The History chapter of an introductory astronomy course.
	History of SETI URL: http://www.seti.org/seti/seti-background/ ODP description: An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos. Page title: history of seti
	Historical Astronomy Division URL: http://www.aas.org/~had/had.html ODP description: American Astronomical Society division devoted to history, with a link to pages on the history of the society itself.
	Understanding Tidal Friction URL: http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/art98/bros.htm ODP description: Article by Peter Brosche on gaining understanding of changes in the Moon's orbit. Page title: Science Tribune - 1998-
	MuslimHeritage.com - Astronomy URL: http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=18&TaxonomySubTypeID=107 ODP description: Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. Page title: MuslimHeritage.com - Topics Page description: MuslimHeritage.com - Schools, Colleges and Universities can benefit from textbook quality history content and knowledge that show Muslims as natural pioneers of human civilisation.
	Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures URL: http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/ ODP description: Images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, observatories. Page description: This website is about the history of astronomy.It contains images from the history of astronomy, old telescopes, pictures of astronomers, and so on.