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Astronomy

This portal lists books and texts on the subject of astronomy and its related fields.

General astronomy

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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

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Also see Category:Solar astronomy
Title Author Year Journal Progress
Observations on the Eclipse of the Sun at Chatham, April 1, 1764 Mungo Murray & John Bevis 1764 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 54 To be validated
The Recent Eclipse of the Sun Proctor, Richard Anthony 1872 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Spots on the Sun Youmans, Edward Livingston 1872 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Chromosphere and Solar Prominences Young, Charles Augustus 1874 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Photosphere and Sun-Spots Langley, Samuel Pierpont 1874 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Sun's Work 1875 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Meteorology of the Sun and Earth Stewart, Balfour 1875 Popular Science Monthly Done
Distance and Dimensions of the Sun Young, Charles Augustus 1877 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Sun's Long Streamers 1879 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Recent Progress of Solar Physics Langley, Samuel Pierpont 1879 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Sun's Heat Young, Charles Augustus 1880 Popular Science Monthly Done
Recent Magnetic Storms and Sun-Spots Serviss, Garrett Putnam 1883 Popular Science Monthly To be validated
A Belt of Sun-Spots Serviss, Garrett Putnam 1883 Popular Science Monthly Done
Sunlight and the Earth's Atmosphere Langley, Samuel Pierpont 1885 Popular Science Monthly To be validated
On the Solar Corona Huggins, William 1885 Popular Science Monthly To be validated
Recent Advances in Solar Astronomy Young, Charles Augustus 1886 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Sun's Heat Thomson, William 1887 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Discovery of the Sun Spots Lancaster, Albert 1897 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Coming Total Eclipse of the Sun Bigelow, Frank H. 1900 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
The Sun's Destination Jacoby, Harold 1900 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
A Preliminary Account of the Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900, as Observed by the Smithsonian Expedition Langley, Samuel Pierpont 1900 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
Recent Total Eclipses of the Sun Bailey, Solon Irving 1902 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
The Total Solar Eclipse of August 30 1905 Campbell, William Wallace 1904 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
Sunspots and Weather Brown, Ernest William 1905 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
An Eclipse Observer's Experiences in Sumatra Perrine, Charles Dillon 1905 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
An Eclipse Expedition to Spain Mitchell, Samuel Alfred 1906 Popular Science Monthly Done
Coincident Activities of the Earth and the Sun Huntington, Ellsworth 1908 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
The Circulations of the Atmospheres of the Earth and of the Sun Bigelow, Frank H. 1910 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread

Planetary astronomy

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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

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Mercury

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Venus

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Title Author Year Journal Progress
A Supplement to Mons. Pingré’s Memoir on the Parallax of the Sun Alexandre Guy Pingré 1764 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 54 To be validated
An Account of the Transit of Venus Christian Mayer 1764 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 54 To be validated
Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Winthrop, Professor of Mathematicks in Cambridge, New England, to James Short, A. M. F. R. S. John Winthrop 1764 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 54 To be validated
Observation of the Transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at St. John’s, Newfoundland John Winthrop 1764 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 54 To be validated
The Transit of Venus Butterworth, Hezekiah 1872 Popular Science Monthly Done
Venus on the Sun's Face Proctor, Richard Anthony 1873 Popular Science Monthly Done
Preparations for the Coming Transit of Venus 1873 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Transit of Venus Langley, Samuel Pierpont 1874 Popular Science Monthly Done
Tolstoi's Astronomy Bowen, Eliza A. 1887 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Planet Venus Lowell, Percival 1909 Popular Science Monthly To be proofread
The Planet Venus Edward Emerson Barnard 1913 St. Nicholas Magazine

Moon

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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

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Also see Category:Mars
Title Author Year Journal Progress
Mars, by the Latest Observations Camille Flammarion 1873 Popular Science Monthly Done
Mars and its Satellites Daniel Kirkwood 1877 Popular Science Monthly Done
Mars and his Moons John Le Conte 1879 Popular Science Monthly Done
Surface Characters of the Planet Mars 1883 Popular Science Monthly Done
The Strange Markings on Mars Garrett Putnam Serviss 1889 Popular Science Monthly To be validated
Mars Percival Lowell 1896 Done
In a World Half as Large Joseph Rémi Léopold Delboeuf 1898 Popular Science Monthly Done
Is Mars habitable? Alfred Russel Wallace 1907 Done
Mars 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Martians Build Two Immense Canals in Two Years Mary Proctor 1911 The New York Times
NASA's Phoenix to Seek Organics in Mars' Ice to Unravel Red Planet's Mysteries Guy Webster 2007


Jupiter

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Title Author Year Journal
A Giant Planet Proctor, Richard Anthony 1872 Popular Science Monthly
News from Jupiter Proctor, Richard Anthony 1874 Popular Science Monthly
What Is Jupiter Doing? Slack, Henry J. 1880 Popular Science Monthly
*Shooting at Jupiter Popular Science Monthly 1916 Popular Science Monthly


Saturn

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Title Author Year Journal
Observations on, the singular Figure of the Planet Saturn. William Herschel 1805 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
The Ringed Planet 1873 Popular Science Monthly
Planetary Rings and New Stars Vaughan, Daniel 1879 Popular Science Monthly
Saturn and the Pleiades Edward Emerson Barnard 1913 St. Nicholas Magazine

Uranus

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Neptune

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Comets

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Title Author Year Journal
About Comets Skinner, Aaron Nichols 1881 Popular Science Monthly
The Great Comet of 1882 Young, Charles Augustus 1883 Popular Science Monthly
The Comet of 1812 and 1883 Kirkwood, Daniel 1884 Popular Science Monthly


Meteoroids

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Works

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Journal articles

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Reference

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Fiction

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Stellar astronomy

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Stars

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Title Author Year Journal
Past and Future of a Constellation Flammarion, Camille 1873 Popular Science Monthly
Distances of the Stars Flammarion, Camille 1874 Popular Science Monthly
A Field Book of the Stars Olcott, William Tyler 1911

Nebulae

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Title Author Year Journal
The Constitution of Nebulae Schellen, Heinrich 1873 Popular Science Monthly
Telescopic Research on the Nebula of Orion Holden, Edward Singleton 1874 Popular Science Monthly
The Horseshoe Nebula in Sagittarius Holden, Edward Singleton 1876 Popular Science Monthly


Galactic astronomy

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Title Author Year Journal
Andromeda 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
The Great Nebula in Andromeda Edward Emerson Barnard 1913 St. Nicholas Magazine

Cosmology

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Periodicals

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Orbits

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Title Author Year Journal
Anomaly 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Apse and Apsides 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

Biographies of astronomers

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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

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Title Author Year Journal
Astronomy in America 1876 Popular Science Monthly
An American Achievement in Astronomy 1877 Popular Science Monthly

Poetry

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See also

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