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==History==

The importance of recording and classifying earlier astronomical knowledge and works was recognized in the 18th century, with [[Johann Friedrich Weidler]] publishing the first comprehensive history of astronomy in 1741 and the first astronomical bibliography in 1755. This effort was continued by [[Jérôme Lalande|Jérôme de La Lande]], who published his ''Bibliographie astronomique'' in 1803, a work that covered the time from 480 B. C. to the year of publication. The ''Bibliographie générale de l’astronomie, Volume I and Volume II'' published by J.C. Houzeau and A. Lancaster in Brussels, followed in the 1882 to 1889 period.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Houzeau |first1=J. C. |title=Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie |date=1887 |publisher=F. Hayez, Imprimeur de L'Académie Royale de Belgique |url=https://wwwbooks.google.frcom/books/edition/Bibliographie_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_l_astronomie/xJhA9noqjT0C?hlid=en&gbpv=1xJhA9noqjT0C&dqq=Bibliographie+g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale+de+l%27astronomie+volume+I&printsec=frontcover |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Houzeau |first1=Jean-Charles |title=Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie ou catalogue méthodique des ouvrages, des mémoires et des observations astronomiques publiés depuis l'origine de l'imprimerie jusqu'en 1880: Mémoires et notices insérés dans les Collections académiques et les Revues |date=1882 |url=https://books.google.frcom/books/about/Bibliographie_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_l_astronomie.html?id=GzxeAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y |language=fr}}</ref>

As the number of astronomers and astronomical publications grew, bibliographical efforts became institutional tasks, first at the [[Royal Observatory of Belgium|Observatoire Royal de Belgique]], where the ''Bibliography of Astronomy'' was published from 1881 to 1898, and then at the [[Astronomical Calculation Institute (Heidelberg University)|Astronomischer Rechen-Institut]] in Heidelberg the yearly ''Astronomischer Jahresbericht'' was published from 1899 to 1968; after this date it was replaced by the [[Astronomical Calculation Institute (Heidelberg University)|''Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts'']] yearly book series which continued until the end of the 20th century.