Astronomical telescopes
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Isaac Newton Group, La Palma: User Manuals, 1984 - 1993
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 199
Scope and Contents
20 volumes of typed or photocopied texts bound with green covers, with 14 duplicate copies. The following abbreviations are used in the titles: ISIS: Intermediate Dispersion Spectroscopic Imaging System; LDSS: Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph; WHT: William Herschel Telescope; INT: Isaac Newton Telescope; MPF: Multi Purpose Fotometer; ADAM: Astronomical Data Acquisition Monitor; and CCD: Charge-coupled device.
Dates:
1984 - 1993
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).
Sub-Sub-Series
Lantern slides: ROG/RGO reference collection, c.1850-1978
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 85/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large set of lantern slides originally held in two eight drawer wooden cabinets (only xx drawers were used). The sets were labelled 'C' [Clusters and nebulae (galactic objects], 'D' [Spectra], 'EG' [Galactic Objects] 'I' [Instruments], 'H' [Historical], 'S' [Planets] and 'T' [Time]. Each slide is numbered within its alphabetical sequence and this numbering system has been retained in the slide title here. Many slides have hand-written titles along the top edge. Most of the...
Dates:
c.1850-1978
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Much of this class is currently restricted while cataloguing is in progress. Enquiries should be directed to RGO Archivist, Emma Saunders, els57@cam.ac.uk.
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Letter on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1975-08-14
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 12/76
Scope and Contents
A letter from George Sudbury, Secretary of the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time, to Dr Hunter regarding applications for observing time on the Isaac Newton Telescope during the first quarter of 1976.
Dates:
1975-08-14
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).
Sub-Series
Lists of ROG/RGO buildings, grounds, instruments and movable property, 1847 - 1982
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/4
Scope and Contents
See also publication by P.S. Laurie, 'The Buildings and instruments of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich' (RGO 107/7/1/1).
Dates:
1847 - 1982
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).
Series
Manuals for RGO Instruments, Computers and other Technical Apparatus, 1972 - 1995
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 145
Scope and Contents
Mainly ex-RGO Library copies of RGO manuals. Many are photocopied manuals with original RGO library reference numbers on the cover. Includes some duplicates of manuals held elsewhere in the RGO archives. Arranged in chronological order.
Dates:
1972 - 1995
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).
Fonds
Maps, Plans and Technical Drawings, c.1715-1998
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101
Scope and Contents
Conservation of this class is still in progress. For all queries and requests for access, please contact the RGO Archivist, Dr Emma Saunders, at els57@cam.ac.uk.A large collection of technical drawings and plans of telescopes, instruments and buildings of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and RGO Herstmonceux.The largest series (RGO 101/1) comprises drawings made internally by the RGO's Drawing Office, and later, 'Drawing and Design Offices', based at RGO Herstmonceux...
Dates:
c.1715-1998
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).
Series
Nathy O'Hora Papers, 1913 - 1927, bulk: 1946 - 2014
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 219
Scope and Contents
The Nathy O'Hora papers include the research, publications, and presentations of himself, others, and the RGO. This research notably includes eclipses, a topic to which O'Hora devoted considerable time after retiring. The collection also includes papers and correspondence relating to the Time Department where he worked, his notebooks on various scientific theories and practices, ledgers that he used to record weather data, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1913 - 1927; Majority of material found within 1946 - 2014
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).
File
'Neuchatel': letters and photographs, 1954, 1958, 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/4/4
Scope and Contents
Contents of an envelope so titled. Includes: a personal letter to Tom Broadbent from W. and P. Schuler giving news of the PZT at Neuchatel and personal news; 12 black and white photographs showing the PZT, its installation, and a man at work in 'The new Darkroom', 1954 and 1958; 2 postcards of Neuchatel and the Swiss Alps; and a partial letter from Broadbent to his children Freda and Ernie concerning the history of his involvement with the PZT, 1982 (further pages from this letter appear to...
Dates:
1954, 1958, 1982
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).
File
Newspaper cuttings, 1888 - 1889
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/264
Scope and Contents
Cuttings from various newspapers on various subjects, including new telescopes, comets, annual visitations and telegraphs in Australia.
Dates:
1888 - 1889
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).
Series
Newspaper cuttings on the RGO and astronomy, 1922 - 1998
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 190
Scope and Contents
A set of press cuttings on the subjects of astronomy, the RGO, its move to Herstmonceux Castle and later to Cambridge, and its subsequent closure. Significant cuttings include coverage of the Moon landings (1968), the Space Race, the Apollo 13 disaster (1970), Halley's Comet (1986), images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, Comet Shoemaker-Levi’s collision with Jupiter (1994), Comet Hale-Bopp (1997), and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.Early coverage is sporadic, with cuttings...
Dates:
1922 - 1998
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).
Series
Northern Hemisphere Observatory papers, 1963 - 1991
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 49
Scope and Contents
In 1969, a sub-committee of the Astronomy, Space and Radio Board (ASRB) of the Science Research Council was established to examine the SRC’s future support for astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere, with a view to establishing a Northern Hemisphere Observatory (NHO). The proposals for the NHO were considered by a review panel of the ASRB, which ultimately recommended that the RGO should have the prime responsibility for its construction. Site testing began in 1973 and the site chosen was La...
Dates:
1963 - 1991
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).
Item
Note on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 12/80
Scope and Contents
An undated note regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope, concerning usage between July and September 1974 and instrumentation.
Dates:
1974
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).
Item
Note on the Steavenson Telescope, 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 12/79
Scope and Contents
A note by B.E.J. Pagel on the 30" Steavenson Telescope
Dates:
1974
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).
Series
Observers' Logbooks: ROG/RGO (including eclipse notebooks) and Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, 1880-1988
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 70
Scope and Contents
Observer's logbooks for observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and Royal Observatory Herstmonceux. The logbooks are organised in groups by the instrument used for the observations: Airy Transit Circle (series 1),
28" Refractor (series 2),
Yapp 36" Reflector (series 3),
RTC ( Reversible Transit Circle, series 4),
PZT (Photographic Zenith Tube, series 5),
13" Astrographic Refractor (series 7),
Thompson Equatorial Group (series 8).
Miscellaneous logbooks are...
Dates:
1880-1988
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).
Series
Overseas Observatories including Saudi Arabian Telescope Project Papers, 1963 - 1985
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 135
Scope and Contents
Files concerning RGO advisory work with overseas observatories, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Most concern the RGO's involvement with the Saudi Arabia Telescope Project, a project to set up a new National Observatory in Saudi Arabia and a proposed large radio telescope for Riyadh University. There are also two files relating to RGO advisory work with Helwan Observatory and Kottamia Observatory in Egypt, including an inspection of instruments carried out in 1965. The final file...
Dates:
1963 - 1985
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).
File
Paper on the Schmidt Telescope, 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 12/78
Scope and Contents
A paper to the Science Research Council's Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time regarding time allocation on the U.K. 48-inch Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring.
Dates:
1975
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).
Series
Papers of 'The Observatory' magazine, 1922 - 1983
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 84
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises an incomplete archive of the business papers of ‘The Observatory’ from 1922 to 1983 (mostly covering 1939-1975). The papers are arranged in four series: financial records, general correspondence and business files, reprints files, and miscellaneous print material. The bulk of the collection consists of editorial correspondence with contributing authors, mainly concerning submissions for publication (RGO 83/2) and reprints (RGO 83/3). Some files include...
Dates:
1922 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
The provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to many of these records.
Item
Papers on a solar flare painting, 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 12/81
Scope and Contents
A letter to Mr Arnison, Science Research Council, from Dennis Greene, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 28 June 1974, regarding the selection of caption for an artist's impression of a solar flare or prominence. There are three notes on the letter relating to Dr Hunter's involvement in this matter, and two accompanying xerox copies of the aforementioned painting, given to Hunter to help him choose a suitable caption.
Dates:
1974
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).
File
Papers on A.A.T. meetings, 1972 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 11/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board meetings:Correspondence and papers regarding the third meeting in Canberra, 21-25 February 1972, including a provisional agenda, minutes of the second meeting, an accident report, and material on various construction and operational matters, the computer and instrumentation.Correspondence regarding the fourth meeting in Canberra, 2-6 October 1972, including an agenda, document lists, material on...
Dates:
1972 - 1973
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).
File
Papers on Northumberland's telescope, 1842 - 1846
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/158
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the publication of a paper by Airy on the establishment of the Northumberland telescope at the University Observatory, Cambridge. There is an essay giving a description of the dome and telescope, and correspondence with engravers, artists and printers for the paper's publication. The correspondence includes letters of thanks for the work from J. Challis, W.H. Miller, W.S. Stratford, G. Bishop, G. Fisher, W.R. Dawes, E. Sabine, Sir F. Beaufort, S.H. Christie, M.J. Johnson,...
Dates:
1842 - 1846
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).
File
Papers on optical telescopes, 1961 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 11/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding small optical telescopes at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and overseas:An unsigned written description of the main optical features of the Congo telescope [1972-1973].A photocopy of a talk given by F.J. Hargreaves entitled 'A Description of a Reflecting Telescope with Unusual Features', concerning the 38-inch telescope installed at the R.G.O. [1961].A copy of J.B. Alexander's report on sites for the 30-inch telescope,...
Dates:
1961 - 1973
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).
File
Papers on P.I.L.O.T., 1973 - 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 11/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the Panel on Instrumentation for Large Optical Telescopes (P.I.L.O.T.) for the Anglo-Australian Telescope:A letter from J. Cima of the Science Research Council, London, 1973, enclosing a full description of the proposed 150-inch telescope computer system, with descriptions of displays and Visual Data Unit readouts, as well as a description of the control of the astronomical instrumentation.A letter from the P.I.L.O.T. and the Large...
Dates:
1973 - 1974
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).
File
Papers on site testing, 1963 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 11/1
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the testing of suitable sites for astronomical telescopes:A copy of 'Kitt Peak National Observatory Contributions', No. 45, entitled 'First report on the site selection survey for the National Astronomical Observatory', 1963 reprint (originally issued in 1958).A copy of a report in German by V.H. Elsässer of the Max Plank Institut für Astronomie concerning site testing in Spain, 1970.A memorandum by J.B. Alexander entitled 'Possible Site of the...
Dates:
1963 - 1973
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).
File
Papers on the 26-inch and 28-inch telescopes, 1947 - 1957
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/133
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and estimates concerning the dismantling, modifications and re-erection of the 26-inch and 28-inch telescopes by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, including a quotation for modifications to the 26-inch and 28-inch telescopes for installation at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, 1950.
Dates:
1947 - 1957
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).
File
Papers on the 26-inch and 28-inch telescopes, 1959 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/141
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding the 26-inch and 28-inch telescopes.
Dates:
1959 - 1962
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).