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Script for 'The Night Sky in September', 1954-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/290

Scope and Contents

A copy of Porter's script for 'The Night Sky in September' on the Milky Way making spectacular viewing through field glasses; Vega, Cygnus and Lyra; Albireo, a double star, and other double stars, such as Alcor and Mizar and Epsilon Lyrae; studies of William Herschel and the parallax principal applied to double stars; the discovery that some double stars are not just line-of-sight phenomena, but stars physically related and revolving about one another; the universality of the law of gravitation; Bessel and the path of Sirius in space, the companion star Sirius B, spectroscopic doubles, the origins of double stars and the differences between them; multiple stars, Epsilon Lyrae, the Pole Star and Castor; the perturbation of stars and comets by other stars; the current neglect of double star work in Britain, Herschel's tradition and his dedication.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954-09

Creator

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).

Extent

5 page(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2007-04-13 12:40:44+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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