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A telex and a letter from S.C.B. Gascoigne regarding travel arrangements for Redman's visit to Australia, and enclosing a note from A.W. Rodgers about the future work of the Astronomical Working Party, given that the A.A.T. Project Office proposes to disband it. There are also copies of letters from S.C.B. Gascoigne, M. Beard and B.E.J. Pagel to A.W. Rodgers agreeing that the work of the A.W.P. is complete.

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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and N.J. Rumsey of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand, regarding Rumsey's design for a compact camera. There are also letters from B. Pagel to others on the same subject, and a letter from A. Hunter to E.G. Martin on the location of a missing 6-inch lens which he is trying to help locate.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the functional specification of the computer system, including copies of Redman's letters to W.A. Goodsell and M. Beard, commenting on the draft of 1 September 1971; Redman's correspondence with B.E.J. Pagel, J. Ring, D.E. Blackwell, V.C. Reddish and J.W. Gietzen, including reference to confusion between the functional and technical specifications; a letter and a cable from M. Beard concerning the revised functional specifications; and Redman's letter to Beard, 31...

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Correspondence with B.E.J. Pagel, Royal Greenwich Observatory, including a copy of Redman's notes on his visit with Pagel to Canberra and Siding Spring in November 1973, and Pagel's own account of this visit. In a postscript to his letter of 15 January 1974, Redman provides a progress report on the A.A.T. site and records that J. Wampler is to be Anglo-Australian Telescope Director.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with B.E.J. Pagel regarding his memorandum 'Spectrographic Equipment for Cassegrain Focus of AAT'; a conversation with W. Sargent, California Institute of Technology, about the unrealistic British proposals for Anglo-Australian Telescope instrumentation; Cassegrain spectrographs; designing large telescopes without reference to previous American and Canadian experience; Mylar and Melinex film bases; seeing conditions at the Siding Spring Observatory; guest investigators for the...

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Correspondence with B.E.J. Pagel regarding Redman's report on his visit to Australia in April and on the progress of the Anglo-Australian Telescope, a copy of which is enclosed. There are also copies of letters from Redman to S.C.B. Gascoigne and Sir Fred Hoyle, which enclosed copies of the report.

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Correspondence with C.A. Murray, Royal Greenwich Observatory, 29 October 1973 - 30 November 1973, regarding positional errors when measuring Palomar Schmidt plates and the unlikelihood of obtaining money for a dedicated astrometric telescope. The correspondence was prompted by a query from B.E.J. Pagel, Royal Greenwich Observatory, and there is a copy of a letter from Redman to Pagel, 24 October 1973, preceding the other letters.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with B.E.J. Pagel and D.R. Palmer, Royal Greenwich Observatory, regarding mechanical and thermal stability in the design of the Anglo-Australian Telescope Cassegrain spectrograph, with a reference to a recent Joint Policy Committee meeting in Canberra, during which opinions contained in V.C. Reddish's memorandum on guiding and acquisition of 10 March were attributed to Redman erroneously, especially the 'impossible suggestion' that the spectrograph slit width could be...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with S.C.B. Gascoigne regarding the Hartmann tests, shipping the primary mirror, the elliptical Coudé flat and mercury girdles. Gascoigne's letter of 31 October refers to the future of the Rodgers Committee, secondary mirror tests and mirror delays. Redman's letter of 5 November mentions travel plans, the Northern Hemisphere Observatory, and B.E.J. Pagel's appointment to the Rodgers Committee. There is also a letter to Redman from D.S. Brown, 15 October, enclosing a print of a...

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A letter from B.E.J. Pagel to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the progress of Pagel's work at Mount Stromlo and other matters.

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A letter from B.E.J. Pagel to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the proposed observations of the star 3651 and concerning the progress of Pagel's observing programme at the Mount Stromlo Observatory.

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A letter from B.E.J. Pagel to Sir Richard Woolley regarding a proposed observing programme involving Iota Piscis, 50 Andromedae, Chi Herculis and 5 Serpentis.

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A copy of a letter from B.E.J. Pagel to R.V. Willstrop regarding the proposed optimised Nasmyth focus for the 4.5m N.H.O. telescope.

Scope and Contents A copy of a letter from B.E.J. Pagel to S.C.B. Gascoigne informing him of the Air Proving Ground Center discussions on A. Boksenberg's Image Photon Counting System, which various observatories are keen to use. Pagel records that the Air Proving Ground Center is funding Boksenberg to continue observing at Palomar, to extend his system to two dimensions and to build a system for the Anglo-Australian Telescope in collaboration with the Royal Greenwich Observatory, subject to agreement with J....

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A copy of a letter from J.L. Greenstein of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories to B.E.J. Pagel at the Mount Stromlo Observatory regarding work on subgiants and subdwarfs.

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A copy of a letter from B.E.J. Pagel to J.L. Greenstein regarding work on subgiants and subdwarfs.

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A note by B.E.J. Pagel on the 30" Steavenson Telescope

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A copy of an undated annotated paper by B.E.J. Pagel entitled 'Spectrographic Equipment for Cassegrain Focus of AAT'.

Scope and Contents A circular describing the 1971 Herstmonceux Conference; a programme; a list of heads of astronomical departments (optical), heads of radio astronomy departments and individuals; a list of expected visitors; an application form for attendance; a list of delegates to be accommodated in Herstmonceux Castle; a list of delegates accommodated outside the castle, and their location; the conference photograph, with a key identifying delegates; a note from B.E.J. Pagel on sleeping accommodation; a...

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A letter from B.E.J. Pagel enclosing a copy of a memorandum by R.G. Bingham, dated 5 January 1974, making proposals with regard to the Coudé focus of the 2.5m telescope. Pagel expresses support for Bingham's suggestions.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers regarding the preparation and presentation of the N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute Course on 'Stellar Evolution and Variable Stars' held at Ofir, Portugal, between 21 August and 2 September 1970, organised by Sir Richard Woolley and B.E.J. Pagel. The papers include applications from students for places on the course, letters of acceptance, material on the arrangements made with lecturers to decide when they give their talks, and a final list of...

Scope and Contents Papers regarding the testing of suitable sites for astronomical telescopes:A copy of 'Kitt Peak National Observatory Contributions', No. 45, entitled 'First report on the site selection survey for the National Astronomical Observatory', 1963 reprint (originally issued in 1958).A copy of a report in German by V.H. Elsässer of the Max Plank Institut für Astronomie concerning site testing in Spain, 1970.A memorandum by J.B. Alexander entitled 'Possible Site of the...

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A copy of a note by B.E.J. Pagel on the 'ID spectrometer for intermediate-aperture (~100ins) telescope', 3 August 1973, with handwritten notes by Redman on the needs of photometry and spectrometry of various observatories.

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Papers regarding the refurbishment of the Equatorial Group Telescopes, concerned principally with the photometry telescope planned for installation in Dome 'C' and discussing the most suitable type of telescope. There are correspondence and memoranda of R.O. Redman of the Cambridge Observatories, B.E.J. Pagel and Sir Richard Woolley; notes and calculations by Pagel; and a graph of results obtained using the Cambridge Schmidt Camera, dated 22-23 May 1955.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers regarding the Royal Greenwich Observatory Committee:Correspondence regarding topics to be discussed at the R.G.O. Committee, including a letter from Sir Martin Ryle giving his views on the forthcoming large telescope project and Northern Hemisphere Observatory; a paper giving the views of astronomers at the R.G.O. as to what should be provided at the Northern Hemisphere Observatory and what research they would like to do; an unsigned paper on the provision...