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Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack forecasts two solar and two lunar eclipses in 1751. Eclipses have a lot of superstition around them, especially before the Age of Enlightenment, but maybe they meant nothing at all a long time ago, in a galaxy...

Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack forecasts two solar and two lunar eclipses in 1751. Eclipses have a lot of superstition around them, especially before the Age of Enlightenment, but maybe they meant nothing at all a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. #maythefourthbewithyou #totaleclipseoftheheart

Poor Richard improved… . Philadelphia [Pa.]: : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall., [1750]

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Who can resist space cat? Let’s hope he has a good sense of direction because that compass won’t be much help. Kendall, E. Otis. Atlas of the heavens; showing the places of the principal stars, clusters and nebulae; designed to accompany the...

Who can resist space cat? Let’s hope he has a good sense of direction because that compass won’t be much help. 

Kendall, E. Otis. Atlas of the heavens; showing the places of the principal stars, clusters and nebulae; designed to accompany the uranography; or, description of the heavens. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co., 1846.

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Today is a very special day where we look to the cosmos and image a galaxy far far away… #maythefourthbewithyou and if you are going on a journey please, don’t forget your #spacepants. Herschel, John F. W. A Treatise on Astronomy. Philadelphia :...

Today is a very special day where we look to the cosmos and image a galaxy far far away… #maythefourthbewithyou and if you are going on a journey please, don’t forget your #spacepants.  

Herschel, John F. W. A Treatise on Astronomy. Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834.

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