Stargazers

Historical

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-1

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2. Amateur Astronomy from Its Origins to Camille Flammarion

   • Jean Seidengart

   Pages 2-10

3. Camille Flammarion (1842–1925): Founder of the Société Astronomique de France

   • Jacques Pernet

   Pages 11-14

4. The Historical Contribution of Amateurs to the Study of Double Stars

   • P. Couteau

   Pages 15-19

5. Twentieth-Century Amateur Astronomy

   • A. J. Meadows

   Pages 20-23

6. Criteria for Identifying an Astronomer as an Amateur

   • Thomas R. Williams

   Pages 24-25

7. Johannes Hevelius: Polish Seventeenth-Century Brewer and Astronomer

   • Cecylia Iwaniszewska

   Pages 26-27

8. Eugène Antoniadi (1870–1944) and Planetary Observation

   • Adouin Dollfus

   Pages 28-30

9. Investigating Astronomy’s History

   • Norman Sperling

   Pages 31-31

10. Charles Boyer and the Rotation of Venus

    • Adouin Dollfus

    Pages 32-34

11. The Amateur and Eclipsing Binary Stars

    • Frank Bradshaw Wood

    Pages 35-39

12. Amateur Astronomy in Poland: Past and Present

    • Katarzyna Turaj

    Pages 40-43

13. Giovanni Battista Lacchini: An Amateur Astronomer from Italy

    • Giancarlo Favero, Sandro Baroni

    Pages 44-45

14. The Instruments of H.E. Dall

    • E. J. Hysom

    Pages 46-47

15. Roberts of Lovedale and Eclipsing Binary Stars

    • Thomas R. Williams

    Pages 48-49

16. Seventeenth-Century Solar Observations: Fundamental Results with Amateur Instruments

    • E. Ribes-Nesme, J. C. Ribes

    Pages 50-50

17. Sailors and Astronomy

    • Antoine Demerliac

    Pages 51-53

18. The Map of the Heavens at the Chateau de Saint-Jean-de-Chepy

    • Joël Barbier

    Pages 54-54

19. Amateur Astronomy in France, 1789–1830: Two Examples

    • Simone Dumont, Solange Grillet

    Pages 55-55