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Pope, John D, 1929 (astronomer)

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Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter to S.C.B. Gascoigne, 1971-08-04 - 1971-08-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/366
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A letter to S.C.B. Gascoigne, 9 August 1971, suggesting subjects for discussion at the meeting of the Rodgers Committee on 27 August, and also recommending that J.D. Pope and representatives from P.I.L.O.T. (Panel on Instrumentation for Large Optical Telescopes) be invited. The letter was written following the receipt of an enclosed telegram from the Science Research Council, 4 August 1971, relaying the contents of a cable from D.W. Cunliffe.

Dates: 1971-08-04 - 1971-08-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from Alan Hunter, 1964-03-17 - 1964-05-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/420
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Two handwritten letters from Alan Hunter enclosing J.D. Pope's handwritten comments on Redman's diagrams about sky baffles for the 150-inch telescopes.

Dates: 1964-03-17 - 1964-05-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from H.V. Skan Ltd, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/275
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Copies of two letters from H.V. Skan Ltd to J.D. Pope, 8 and 27 September 1974, concerning the supply of a 2.5m Zerodur Blank.

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from Wynne and Elsässer, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/264
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Copies of letters from C.G. Wynne, 29 January 1974, and Dr Hans Elsässer, Max Planck Institute, undated, to J.D. Pope concerning the spectroscopy of various telescope systems.

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters to J.D. Pope, 1973-10-03 - 1973-10-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/203
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Copies of letters from Redman to J.D. Pope giving detailed comments on the draft of cost study papers relating to the Northern Hemisphere Observatory.

Dates: 1973-10-03 - 1973-10-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters to J.D. Pope, 1974-09-23 - 1974-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/276
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Copies of letters from Redman to J.D. Pope of 24 September 1974, regarding a Zerodur blank and the demands made on Owens-Illinois with regard to the use of Cervit for the Anglo-Australian Telescope, and of 25 September, including an abstract on the dimensional stability of low expansion mirror materials. There is also a handwritten note regarding a phone call received from J.D. Pope on 23 September.

Dates: 1974-09-23 - 1974-09-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Memo on horseshoe dimensions, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1364
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A copy of a memorandum from J.D. Pope to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager on 'AAT Horseshoe Dimensions', 24 September 1969.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Memo on recruiting an engineer, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1382
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A copy of a memorandum to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager from J.D. Pope and Hermann Wehner, 17 September 1969, regarding the need to recruit a resident maintenance engineer.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Memo on the Coudé focus field diameter, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1296
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A copy of memorandum by J.D. Pope on the Coudé focus field diameter discussing the Coudé convex secondary mirror for the Anglo-Australian Telescope, 1 September 1969.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Memo on the need for a craftsman, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1383
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A copy of a memorandum from J.D. Pope and Hermann Wehner to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager, 19 September 1969, regarding the need for a craftsman at the A.A.T. Project Group.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous photographs, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1749
Scope and Contents A miscellaneous set of black and white photographs:Pope, Gascoigne and others during a visit, 18 July 1967, 3 photographs.Mann, Gascoigne, Wehner, Pope and Redman at Corning Plant, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 20 July 1967.'Helwan mirror. No. 2', undated.CER-VIT Reflective Mirror Blank, 4 undated photographs.'C101 Electron Micrograph', 2 undated photographs.Russian 6-metre Alt-Azimuth Telescope, undated.'NGC 2004 (LMC) 5 min. D Plate 45º...
Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Note on the observatory title, 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/948
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A copy of a note from J.D. Pope to Dr Burbidge, 18 December 1972, regarding the 'Title for the Proposed New National Observatory'.

Dates: 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes from J.D. Pope, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 48/426
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A note from J.D. Pope to Sir Richard Woolley, 30 April 1965, regarding problems with the right ascension drive of the 74-inch telescope, with notes and graphs analysing the fault.

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes on a visit by J.D. Pope, 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/685
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Handwritten notes on a visit by J.D. Pope to Cambridge on 18 July 1968.

Dates: 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes on a visit by Pope, 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1042
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Handwritten notes on a visit made by J.D. Pope to Redman, 12 April 1972, to discuss a questionnaire on the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Telescopes.

Dates: 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Paper on feasibility studies, 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/888
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A copy of paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'NHO Feasibility Studies', dated June 1972.

Dates: 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Paper on optical alignment, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1301
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A copy of a 'Brief Description of Optical Alignment Procedure' for the Anglo-Australian Telescope by J.D. Pope, 23 July 1970.

Dates: 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Paper on the Cervit rod, 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1286
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Copies of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Cervit Rod Focus Stabilization', 30 July 1968, and of notes on the revised mirror figuring specification for the Anglo-Australian Telescope.

Dates: 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Paper on the primary mirror, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1300
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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Proposal for Optical Method of Squaring-on AAT Primary Mirror', 22 April 1970.

Dates: 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers of the Technical Panel meeting, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1097
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The agenda and papers of the second meeting of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee Technical Panel on 27 February 1974; the minutes of the previous meeting of 30 January 1974; and a letter from J.D. Pope to Redman, 22 February 1974, regarding the Northern Hemisphere Observatory 2.5-metre telescope.

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on altazimuth mounts, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/987
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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope on 'Altazimuth Mounting for 150 Inch Telescope', June 1969, in which he makes a comparison with the horseshoe type equatorial mounting, and a paper by J. Rothwell on 'The Role of the Computer in Polar and Altazimuth Mounts'.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on mirrors, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1293
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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Proposal for Pneumatic Support of Secondary Mirrors', 17 June 1969, with comments by R.V. Willstrop, and a copy of notes by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd on the A.A.T. optics programme, 22 April 1969.

Dates: 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on telescopes, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/268
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A copy of a letter from Carl Zeiss to J.D. Pope, 3 April 1974, enclosing quotations for a 1.2m and 2.2m telescope and a preliminary description of the Cassegrain Coudé Telescope.

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the altazimuth mounting, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1011
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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Alternative Offset Altazimuth Mounting', 11 July 1974, with a diagram, and a copy of a letter from F.W. Jackson, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, to Pope, 8 July 1974, regarding Pope's design suggestion.

Dates: 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Cassegrain guider units, 1969-09-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/486
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A letter from J.D. Pope, 4 September 1969, regarding the recommendation that the Anglo-Australian Telescope adopt the arrangements of the Kitt Peak National Observatory for the Cassegrain instrument rotator and guiding heads, with an enclosed memorandum on this subject and a copy of the latest K.P.N.O. Design Precepts (No. III) for the Cassegrain guider and instrumentation unit.

Dates: 1969-09-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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