These are rare photos in the 1929 Encyclopaedia Brittanica. These are 96 years old for now and goodies from the past!
Nikolai
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those are so cool
I love ventage astronomy stuff
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Love these pics - it is amazing how far we have come in a century. When my grandmother was young, transport in her village involved either walking or horses, but she lived to see a man walk on the moon!
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Absolutely cool! These will be even more important in the future.
Nikolai
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Happy to hear your grandmother was lucky to see N. Armstrong walked on the moon. And I saw, you own a hundred year old refractor, that’s really nice 
. 100 is a lot old, because still Galileo’s one is only about 400 years old.
Nikolai.
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great pics and info 
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Thanks @beagle1!
Cheers,
Nikolai
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Those are some pretty cool archives .
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Thanks @Starrancher !
Almost a century old! Love them!
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Did you notice, galaxies are named as NEBULAE! Andromeda NEBULA!
This is just 6 years after Edwin Hubble told there are separate galaxies beyond us by finding cephid variables in the Andromeda Galaxy. Maybe, not globally accepted back then.
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Optical equipment has come a long way . Even Chinese optics have become really good over the years .
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Yeah, even I have a Skywatcher. Now most things are made in china.
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Yes sir . The optics in my AR5 are Chinese too . But the optics in my SN8 were made in Irvine California .
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