Correspondence of the A.A.T. Working Party, 1963-05-28 - 1964-05-17
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between members of the Working Party formed by R. Woolley to consider the design study for a 150-inch telescope. The correspondents include Woolley; Redman; S.C.B. Gascoigne, Royal Greenwich Observatory; B.J. Bok, Director, Mount Stromlo Observatory; and A. Hunter, Royal Greenwich Observatory. Bok sends copies of his reports on visits to the Lick, Mount Palomar and Kitt Peak Observatories, and to Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd. There is also a copy of a letter from Redman to Hunter, 17 May 1964, in which he makes comments and suggestions on the Southern Hemisphere Telescope report and encloses a revised version of the proposed telescope design study.
Dates
- Creation: 1963-05-28 - 1964-05-17
Creator
- From the Series: Redman, Roderick Oliver, 1905 - 1975 (physicist) (Person)
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Extent
25 page(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2007-03-15 14:37:28+00:00
Subject
- Lick Observatory (Organization)
- Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co Ltd (Organization)
- Palomar Observatory (Organization)
- Bok, Bart Jan, 1906 - 1983 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholomew, 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Kitt Peak National Observatory (Organization)
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