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Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Nationality:  English; British

Brief Bio:  active 1675-1947, state observatory (England-United Kingdom ), Greenwich, England

Notes:  Founded by King Charles II in 1675. Succeeded by the Royal Greenwich Observatory after 1947 when the observing function was moved to Herstmonceux, Sussex beyond London


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Airy's altazimuth telescope and mounting, incomplete
universal circle
Ransom and May
1847
Airy's Reflex Zenith Tube, 1851, made by Troughton and Simms
zenith telescope
Troughton & Simms
1851
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Comet 1914 V (Delvian)
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; comets
Melotte, Philbert Jacques, 1880-1961; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1914-09
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Comet 1914 V (Delvian)
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; comets
Melotte, Philbert Jacques, 1880-1961; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1914-09
Double-beam recording microdensitometer, Mark III CS, serial
densitometer
Joyce-Loebl and Company Limited
1967-1975
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Enlarged photograph showing the Johnston Yapp 36-inch Refle
photograph; telescope - reflecting
Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company
1933
Five positive transparencies, size 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", successi
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; solar eclipses; Sun; solar corona; solar prominences; solar chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1898
Floating Zenith Telescope designed by Bryson Cookson, made b
zenith telescope
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Cookson, Bryan; T. Cooke & Sons Ltd
1900
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar chromo
black-and-white transparencies; spectra; Sun; chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1926
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar chromo
black-and-white transparencies; astronomical photographs; corona; spectra
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1926
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar corona
black-and-white transparencies; pictorial drawings; Sun; solar eclipes; solar corona; solar prominences; solar chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1926
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X30] of the solar
black-and-white transparencies; spectra; Sun; chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1926
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X31] of the solar
black-and-white transparencies; spectra; Sun; chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1926
Glass positive, 15"x12", showing the Corona at the Total Sol
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; solar eclipses; Sun; solar corona; solar prominences; solar chromosphere
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1929
Glass positive:- Orion. From photograph taken with Franklin
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; stars
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1931
Glass positive:- Part of Ursa Major (alfa, beta and delta).
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; stars
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1931
Glass positive:- total solar eclipse, 1927, June 29, photogr
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; Sun; solar eclipses; solar corona; solar prominences; solar chromosphere
Jackson, J., 1887-1958; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1927
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John Dollond
print; portrait, engraving
Wilson, Benjamin; Posselwhite, James
1830-1839
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Kew Photoheliograph
photoheliograph
Ross, Andrew; De La Rue, Warren
1857
One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory a
photograph; telescope - refracting
Royal Observatory (Cape of Good Hope)
1909
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum
1905-1911
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Science Museum (Great Britain); Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1905-1911
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum
1905-1911
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum
1905-1911
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum
1905-1911
One of six photographs of Comet Morehouse supplied by the R
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; comets
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum
1905-1911
One of three photographs showing Jupiter's outer satellites
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; planetary satellites
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1911
One of three photographs showing Jupiter's outer satellites
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; planetary satellites
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1911
One of three photographs showing Jupiter's outer satellites
black-and-white transparencies; astrophotographs; planetary satellites
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1911
Pendulum regulator clock
clock - regulator
Arnold, John
1791
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Photograph of the instruments used by the British expedition when observing the 1919 total solar eclipse in Brazil.
black-and-white print (photograph); ancillary instrument; astronomical instruments; refracting telescopes; heliostats (astronomical); solar eclipse
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1919
Photographic Zenith tube
zenith telescope
Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company
1955
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Refracting telescope on equatorial mounting
telescope - refracting; equatorial instrument
Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800; Berge, Matthew, d. 1819; Troughton & Simms
1781-1791
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Refracting telescope on observatory mounting, 1829
telescope - refracting
Dollond, George; Tulley, Charles; Troughton and Simms; Sheepshanks, Richard
1829
Spectrocomparator by Hilger & Watts Ltd, serial nos.L128301
spectrocomparator - astronomical
Hilger & Watts Ltd
1961
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Three boxes of solar negatives taken at Kew and Greenwich:-
black and white negatives; astrophotographs; Sun
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1858-1872; 1926; 1928
Transparency, 15"x12", Modern Astronomers (from photo taken
black-and-white prints (photographs); astronomical instruments; refracting telescopes; reflecting telescopes
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Science Museum (Great Britain)
1931
Transparency, 8 1/2"x6 1/2", showing Mercury in Transit, Gre
black-and-white prints (photographs); astrophotographs; planets; Mercury
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1914
X-Y Plate measuring machine by Carl Zeiss, Jena, serial no.1
plate measurer - astronomical
VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena
1960-1965
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