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Astronomical observations made on board H.M.S. 'Dalrymple' in 1949 by G.A. Harding, with related papers.

Scope and Contents Correspondence of G.A. Harding regarding administrative and astronomical matters, including letters concerning the occultations of Antares, 9 January 1969; a request for information on globular cluster NGC 6171, 29 January 1969; details of the Cape Transit Circle, 17 February 1969; maintenance work to be carried out on the 30-inch telescope, 17 April 1969; the specification for the prime focus plateholder mount on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 14 March 1969; defects in the R 40 plates, 5...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between G.A. Harding and others regarding the agreement between the Science Research Council and the Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research on the future of the Cape and the organisation of work at the South African Astronomical Observatory. The letters include suggestions for the dispersal of various instruments, a copy of the draft inter-agency agreement, March 1969, with a revised copy, 14 May 1970; minutes of the council meeting of 19-20 February 1970 to discuss...

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Miscellaneous correspondence between G.A. Harding, A. Shortland, H.G. Gill and H.M. Smith regarding equipment and work to be carried out in cooperation between the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Cape. Many of the letters concern the manufacture of EPIC.

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Correspondence between G.A. Harding and various individuals regarding Harding's appointment as Officer-in-Charge of the Cape Observatory, October 1968; papers relating to the proposed pension scheme for locally engaged Council staff in South Africa; and material concerning problems that arose in 1969 with regard to contributions, etc. There is also a photocopy of a handwritten report by S.V.M. Clube entitled 'An Analysis of the Situation at the Cape - November 1968'.

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A copy of a memorandum to members of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee, 1 January 1973, enclosing copies of replies received from United Kingdom astronomers overseas concerning the planning for the N.H.O. The correspondence includes telexes from M. Disney and R. Stobie, and letters from W. Sargent, G.A. Harding, A.J. Penny, M.W. Feast, L. Searle, N.J. Woolf, P. Strittmatter, P.A. Wayman, R.D. Wolstencroft, T.D. Kinman and J. Faulkner.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the negotiation of an agreement between the Science Research Council and the Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research on funding for the South African Astronomical Observatory at Sutherland. The papers include G.A. Harding's assessment of Cape staffing, 14 May 1970; a draft inter-agency agreement for July 1970; objections to the project from the U.S. Naval Observatory and others; an inventory of Cape equipment, 23 March 1971; suggested amendments to the...

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Correspondence regarding salaries and conditions of service at the South African Astronomical Observatory, including details of night observing duties, leave entitlements and living arrangements at Sutherland, and minutes of meetings held by G.A. Harding with staff representatives to discuss these issues. There is also a staff list for 1 January 1972.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding Harding's arrival in South Africa and his work on NGC 6397.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding Harding's work at the Radcliffe Observatory.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding systematic errors in the 74-inch telescope at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, and other topics.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the better results obtained from Cape rather than Radcliffe plates, enclosing a list of brighter stars found to date, as well as a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and a graph showing how the stars can be located.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the construction of light curves and the measurement of proper motion.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the Hyades and spectra for ADS 6420.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding Harding's report on the season's work on Omega Centauri and proposals for next year's observing programme.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the radial velocity of NGC 6522, photometers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Harding's replacement at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the use of the long and short Coudé camera for work with the Hyades.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding a proposed programme using the Newtonian spectrograph.

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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the present place of employment of O.C. Wilson.

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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding a note to be published by Harding in 'Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa' concerning flare stars.

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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the completed observations of Gliese 803.

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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley; A.J. Wesselink of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; and G.A. Harding of the Royal Cape Observatory regarding Yale parallax measures for certain stars.

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Papers relating to E-Camera observations of Omega Centauri, including a paper by G.A. Harding entitled 'Omega Centauri Spectroscopic Observations - 1962'.

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A letter from G.A. Harding to Miss A.R. Hewerdine, Personal Secretary to Richard Woolley, regarding the best address for mail to Harding.

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A letter from G.A. Harding to Richard Woolley concerning various matters, including work on the Pleiades, and enclosing graphs relating to the Pleiades and S.A. 141.