Scope and Contents It is thought these volumes are the preparatory reduction work directed by George Bidell Airy to address the back log in publication of observations (mostly planetary and lunar) made at Greenwich 1750-1830. For this work he was awarded the gold medal and a testimonial from the Royal Astronomical Society in 1846 and 1848 respectively.These volumes contain standard forms to aid the reduction of planetary and some stellar observations in preparation for publication. A number of...

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...

Scope and Contents Registers of photographic plates taken with the Thompson Equatorial Group of Telescopes (series RGO 156/1) and 13-inch Astrographic Telescope (series RGO 156/2). Both series list the photographs taken in order of plate number, and have two separate plate number runs, representing first the Greenwich plates and then plates taken when the instruments were moved to Herstmonceux. The objects imaged are listed, along with right ascension and declination, the initials of the observer, and other...

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Includes cuttings on the discovery of quasars and pulsars, the launch of Apollo 16 (1972), the possibility of a future Mars landing and of life on Mars, and the health impact for astronauts landing on the Moon.