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29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Astrolabes calculate time and celestial altitude
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Instrument makers combine craft and astronomy
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy Islamic scholars transform an ancient device
29 January 2018 United Kingdom Astronomy British Museum publishes a guide to Islamic astrolabes
1 September 1859 United Kingdom Astronomy A solar outburst precedes a magnetic storm
1 September 1859 United Kingdom Astronomy A flare enters the solar record
1 September 1859 United Kingdom Astronomy Hodgson also reports the solar brightening
1 September 1859 United Kingdom Astronomy Carrington witnesses a solar flare
10 October 1846 United Kingdom Astronomy A distant moon broadens planetary astronomy
10 October 1846 United Kingdom Astronomy Lassell discovers Triton
10 October 1846 United Kingdom Astronomy Neptune gains its first known satellite
10 October 1846 United Kingdom Astronomy Triton appears in an early Neptune search
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy Herschel discovers Titania
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy A distant moon appears near Uranus
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy Uranus proves to have companions
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy A powerful telescope extends moon searches
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy Herschel discovers Oberon
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy A second Uranian satellite is recorded
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy Two moons emerge on one observing night
11 January 1787 United Kingdom Astronomy The outer Uranian moon becomes known
13 March 1781 United Kingdom Astronomy Herschel spots the object later named Uranus
13 March 1781 United Kingdom Astronomy A faint object changes the planetary census
13 March 1781 United Kingdom Astronomy Telescopes enlarge the known solar system
13 March 1781 United Kingdom Astronomy Uranus enters Herschel's observing log
5 July 1687 United Kingdom Astronomy One theory links falling objects and planets
5 July 1687 United Kingdom Astronomy Astronomy gains a mathematical framework
5 July 1687 United Kingdom Astronomy The Principia sets out planetary mechanics
5 July 1687 United Kingdom Astronomy Newton's Principia is published
4 December 1639 United Kingdom Astronomy Venus appears as a small black disk
4 December 1639 United Kingdom Astronomy A predicted transit becomes visible
4 December 1639 United Kingdom Astronomy Crabtree independently sees Venus on the Sun
4 December 1639 United Kingdom Astronomy Horrocks observes Venus in transit