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Papers on the 48-inch telescope, 1972 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 11/13

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers regarding the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring:

Correspondence with V.C. Reddish, Edinburgh, 1972, requesting E.M. Burbidge's attendance at a meeting in Canberra, and including a copy of the 48-inch Schmidt Advisory Committee report SCH25, dealing mainly with the choice of wavebands for which corrector plates should be provided.

Report by V.C. Reddish entitled 'Southern Sky Surveys: Co-operation with ESO', 1972, with a letter from Reddish to E.M. Burbidge giving details of conclusions reached at a conference in Hamburg.

A letter from E.M. Burbidge to V.S. Reddish, Edinburgh, ordering sets of glass and film copies of the European Southern Observatory sky survey, 1972.

A list of non-survey plates available for loan from the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope Unit, 1972.

Correspondence with V.C. Reddish on the objective prism for the United Kingdom Schmidt 48-inch Telescope, 1973.

Correspondence between V.C. Reddish and A. Hunter on whether the Royal Greenwich Observatory would wish to use the European Southern Observatory survey plates, 1974.











Dates

  • Creation: 1972 - 1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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Extent

1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

EMB 14

Finding aid date

2006-07-13 12:11:47+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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