Box 10: RGO 156/1/15-18
Container
Contains 4 Results:
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'261 List of Photographs taken with the Astrographic Equatorial, from 1959 June 12 - 1961 February 25', Plates D340-D959, 12 June 1959 - 25 February 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 156/2/15
Scope and Contents
Volume of printed 'Forms No. 261' with handwritten entries for photographic plates made with the 13-inch Astrographic Equatorial. Covers plate nos D340-D959.Column headings are: no. of photo, date, observer, position of telescope, orient. screw and focus readings, R.A., Dec. North, Micrometer scale readings (R.A. and Dec.), clock times of exposures (begin, end, duration), barometer (external and internal therm.), plate and development, field of object, remarks, and signature. The...
Dates:
12 June 1959 - 25 February 1961
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).
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'261 List of Photographs taken with the Astrographic Equatorial, from 1961 Mar 1st - 1962 Dec. 19', Plates D960-D2072, 1 March 1961 - 7 June 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 156/2/16
Scope and Contents
Volume of printed 'Forms No. 261' with handwritten entries for photographic plates made with the 13-inch Astrographic Equatorial. Covers plate nos D959-D2072 [title on volume is incorrect], with a note at Plate D1967 that from 1 January 1962 the system had changed so that the observer wrote the plate register thereafter. The volume opens with a list of observers and their initials.Column headings are: no. of photo, date, observer, position of telescope, orient. screw and focus...
Dates:
1 March 1961 - 7 June 1963
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).
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'E.C.'s Log for the 13" [Astrographic Equatorial]', Plates D2073-D3183 and D5402-D5727, 7 June 1963 - 14 February 1965 and 4 April - 16 December 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 156/2/17
Scope and Contents
Volume of printed 'Forms No. 261' with handwritten entries for photographic plates made with the 13-inch Astrographic Equatorial. Covers plate nos D2073-D3183, 7 June 1963 - 14 February 1965 (in blue ink) and plates D5402-D5727, 4 April - 16 December 1968 (in red ink). Notes on the first pages concern processing of the information in the register, e.g. a note that only the entries in red were to be 'punched' [presumably into a computerised record no longer extant]. The register is entirely...
Dates:
7 June 1963 - 14 February 1965 and 4 April - 16 December 1968
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).
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'E.C.'s Log for the 13" [Astrographic Equatorial]', Plates D3184-D5401, 19 February 1965 - 31 March 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 156/2/18
Scope and Contents
Volume of printed 'Forms No. 261' with handwritten entries for photographic plates nos D3184-D5401, made with the 13-inch Astrographic Equatorial. The register is entirely in one hand, presumably that of 'E.C'. (E.D. Clements, Astrometry Department).Column headings are: no. of photo, date, observer, position of telescope, orient. screw and focus readings, R.A., Dec. North, Micrometer scale readings (R.A. and Dec.), clock times of exposures (begin, end, duration), barometer...
Dates:
19 February 1965 - 31 March 1968
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).