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Script for 'The Night Sky in September', 1951-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/254

Scope and Contents

Two copies of Porter's script for 'The Night Sky in September' on Mercury, Venus and Mars as morning stars and Jupiter; Vega, the Southern stars, Cygnus, Altair and Aquila, Vulpecula and Saturn, Sagitta, Equuleus and Delphinus; the Revd T.W. Webb's solution to the mystery of the names Svalocin and Rotanev for Alpha and Beta Delphinus; the Milky Way, the proper motions of stars and the movement of Sirius, Aldabaran, Betelgeuse and Arcturus listed in Ptolemy's catalogue and noted by Halley; and the measurement of the distance of 61 Cygni, dust clouds in the Milky Way, radio astronomy and radio stars. The second copy of the script has annotations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1951-09

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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Extent

10 page(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2007-04-13 12:38:58+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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