Discussion of star places, 1755 - 1862
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the position and identity of stars; requests for star catalogues; parts of star catalogues, including Maskelyne's star ledgers, 1755-1816; and some computations. There are brief papers by R.C. Carrington on 20 circumpolar stars; works on variable stars by N.R. Pogson; drawings of the ring and dumb-bell nebulae by W. Lassell; and treatments of the Great Nebula in Orion by G.P. Bond and O. Struve. There is also a piece on variable stars from the 'Aberdeen Free Press' and a number of French circulars, including one by H. Goldschmidt. The correspondents include R. Sheepshanks, M.J. Johnson, K.L.C. Rümker, C.P. Smyth, W.H. Smyth, N.R. Pogson, S. Alexander and J. Baxendell.
Dates
- Creation: 1755 - 1862
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
French
Former / Other Reference
B5/9
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:35:37+00:00
Subject
- Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732 - 1811 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Baxendell, Joseph, 1815 - 1887 (meteorologist and astronomer) (Person)
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) (Person)
- Goldschmidt, Hermann Mayer Salomon, 1802 - 1866 (painter and astronomer) (Person)
- Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Rümker, Karl Ludwig Christian, 1788 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
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