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    1. Map of expedition sites in Sumatra, 1901

      The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Astronomers Often Go Awry: The 1901 Sumatra Eclipse Expedition

      • Date: August 17, 2017
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Astronomers travel far and wide to see solar eclipses but sometimes their best laid plans don’t work out..

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    3. SI History Chronology

      Telegraphy of Astronomical Discoveries

      • Date: January 20, 1873

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    5. Astronomical Instrument, South Yard

      Astronomical Instrument, South Yard

      • Date: c. 1900
      • Creator: Unknown
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      The Near Faraway

      • Date: December 3, 2009
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    9. Link Love: 4/19/2019

      • Date: April 19, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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      Link Love: 2/16/2018

      • Date: February 16, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The University of Iowa Libraries released an avant-garde archive online: Digital Dada Library and the Fluxus Digital Collection. [via University of Iowa]The Hirshhorn's new indoor café has 700-year old tree roots for tables, excellent coffee, and a planned outdoor gelato stand opening this summer! [via Washingtonian]Romeo, who may be the last remaining Sehuencas water frog,

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      "If you feed them, they will come."

      • Date: May 23, 2013
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: Operation Moonwatch created an international network of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer sky-watchers of both genders and from every walk-of-life. These citizen-scientists joined professional astronomers to track and report on satellites travelling through the night sky. Food and location played a role in keeping volunteers engaged with Operation Moonwatch.

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      Pickering’s Women?

      • Date: May 8, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    17. Dan Kimball adjusting the telescope at the Maria Mitchell Observatory prior to the eclipse.

      Lasting Consequences from Past Solar Eclipses

      • Date: August 22, 2017
      • Description: Solar eclipse trips can have lasting effects on an astronomy student’s life, as NASM’s David DeVorkin tells us about the 1970 Yale Observatory expedition and beach party to view an eclipse at Nantucket.

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    19. Introducing the Science Media Group YouTube Playlist

      • Date: June 29, 2021
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives YouTube channel has a new dedicated playlist for the Science Media Group Collection, which features videos from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory program that was active from 1989 to 2013.

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    21. Finding Aid

      SIA RU009542, Multiple-Mirror Telescope Videohistory Collection, 1989

      • Date: 1989
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 22-088, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Website Records, 2020

      • Date: 2020
      • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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