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Sun

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Edward Walter Maunder and Annie Scott Dill Maunder: papers, 1877 - 2008

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 205
Scope and Contents

The collection primarily consists of the Maunders' published works both on their research and explanatory works on astronomy for a more popular audience. Some of these publications bear annotations. There are also some notes on a variety of subjects, a pin-hole camera, a planisphere and some items of correspondence. There is supporting material in the form of obituaries, letters of condolence and subsequent published works on the Maunders and their work.

Dates: 1877 - 2008
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

Greenwich Photoheliographic Results, 1892 - 1957

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 166
Scope and Contents

Bound volumes of printed Greenwich Heliographic Results, covering the years 1892-1957. Most contain multiple issues of printed results of measures made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, of photographs of the Sun taken at Greenwich, the Cape, and Kodaikanal/Mauritius, with additions such as printed ledgers of sunspot groups. The volumes are numbered 6-29. Numbers 1-5 are not extant.

Dates: 1892 - 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).