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Just pointing out the obvious here, but if you are updated on recent events within astronomy, this article needs work. It's as if it is 12 years old! -78.70.126.69 (talk)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.16.39 (talk • contribs) 2010-07-02T00:12:56?

Yes there is ALOT missing, and some questionable datings . . . Jolanil (talk) 17:45, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stonehenge

Where is Stonehenge? There was a mention of it but I removed it because it was misplaced at the beginning of the article with a template box in the middle of the text. Someone obviously messed up. A. Z. Colvin • Talk 01:22, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes there is ALOT missing, and some questionable datings . . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jolanil (talk • contribs) 17:29, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Extrasolar planets

No time to add it now, but surely the discovery of the first extrasolar planet of a star, around 51 Peg, in 1995 should go in. 86.129.238.84 (talk) 20:47, 15 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rhetoric

Clanging rhetoric is appearing at top of the article. Galileo never "invented" the telescope. Lippershey never said that he "wanted" to do anything. Pagan polytheists in ancient Babylon and Egypt made contributions to astronomy. I am suprised that this spam has been here for so long. Wikipedia should be neutral, not spam for any one denomination. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.20.240.142 (talk) 06:33, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The "Article Introduction" was put in by 76.110.59.206, in America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.20.240.142 (talk) 06:44, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Galileo refined the telescope to the extent where it could be used for the 1st time in astronomical observation. I don't know who Lippershey was. The ancient Babylonian and Egyptian astronomers/astrologers were Pagan polytheists. 2601:580:106:BAFB:1F4:2D73:EFDB:83EC (talk) 15:36, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

6 BC April 17 - Jesus was born & Magi's observations

I added... 6 BC - The Magi - probably Persian astronomers/astrologers (Astrology) - observed a planetary conjunction on Saturday (Sabbath) April 17, 6 BC that signified the birth of a great Hebrew king: Jesus.^[1]

I object… While historians consider that Jesus of Nazareth did indeed live (which doesn’t mean he did [or did not] perform miracles), I fail to see the significance of this event from an astronomical point of view. I will delete your addition in a few seconds. CielProfond (talk) 00:07, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Molnar, Michael, The Star of Bethlehem - The Legacy of the Magi (Rutgers Univ. Pres, 1999)

Dates

Hey, can we change the BCs and ADs to more neutral names like BCE and CE please? Just because I think Wikipedia should be gender, race and religion neutral. Thanks. P.S. I just need a bunch of people to support my idea.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Swaggerding (talk • contribs) 21:32, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per MOS:BCE "Do not change the established era style in an article unless there are reasons specific to its content. ... A personal or categorical preference for one era style over the other is not justification for making a change.". Andrew D. (talk) 23:18, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

3114 BCE

The first date is obviously wrong, as the article about Maya astronomy states that “the mythical creation date in the Maya calendar is August 11, 3114 BC”—they can’t have discovered something right after the world was created! CielProfond (talk) 22:50, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The "3114 BC" was put in on 5/12/2019. It replaced the original "750 BC". The American editor gave no reference, source or quotation.

Rocketry

There are numerous entries for developments in space flight and rocketry: Tsiolkovsky, Goddard, von Braun, etc. These are all certainly interesting, but they're no more relevant to astronomy than the development of the automobile or the domestication of the horse. Put another way: while you can do astronomy from space, the mere fact of being in space (or getting there) is not in and of itself astronomy. I recommend we remove these entries. Kreuzfeld (talk) 01:59, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing no arguments after two weeks, I implemented the above-recommended change. (talk) 09:59, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but not everyone, especially readers, shares a reductionist view regarding the presentation of details like this one with some editors. Readers came to Wikipedia to look for more information, not less. Furthermore, spaceflight is so intertwined with astronomy generally speaking so it's better to leave them up. You may want to take this issue to the Astronomy or Spaceflight WikiProject if you're still not okay with it, although by then you should learn about the term Wiki rabbit hole and the Curse of knowledge because you and other editors holding the similar view are perceivably out of touch with regular readers.--103.147.32.153 (talk) 20:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First astrolabe

The article mentions that the oldest still-extant astrolabe was made in 928 by al-Fazari, but the page about this astronomer mentions he died in 796 or 806. Even supposing that he was born in either 796 or 806 would still make the astrolabe too recent to have been made by him. I will remove the reference to him in a few seconds. CielProfond (talk) 00:09, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My edit on accelerating expansion of the universe is removed

My edit [1]of astronomy&diff=prev&oldid=1005616053 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_astronomy&diff=prev&oldid=1005616053 is removed. What is the reason for this? Iamsreeman (talk) 18:30, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Molnar, Michael, The Star of Bethlehem - The Legacy of the Magi (Rutgers Univ. Pres, 1999)

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