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Indian Institute of AstrophysicsBangalore (India)
326 Archival description results for Bangalore (India)
These photographic slides contain the images of the spectrometer, and Ondrej telescope related to the Optical Science Department of Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
Royal ObservatoryThese photographic slides contains different images of Mcdonald observatory.
Mcdonald ObservatoryThese photographic slides contains drawings of porters, telescopes, and other astronomical instruments.
Indian Institute of AstrophysicsThis photographic slide was on the R. A. Building of the Kodaikanal Observatory.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis fond was about pendulum clock used at the Madras Observatory manufactured sometimes in 1786. The clock is now in Kodaikanal Solar Observatory and still in working condition.
Petrie, WilliamThis item was about the visit of the Prof.S.Chandrasekhar and Lalitha Chandrasekhar in the optics lab of IIA Bangalore campus. Dr.M.K.Vainu Bappu explaining about the instrument from the optical lab.
Indian Institute of AstrophysicsThis item was about the Norman Robert Pogson in 1861. N.R. Pogson was appointed the government astronomer at Madras, India. When he arrived he had to work under harsh conditions. He found the instruments in a bad shape and there were no proper staff to assist him. In spite of all these he began a series of observations which terminated with his death 30 year later. He as credited with 50,000 observations most of which were published by Michie Smith after Pogsons death. During his stay in Madras he discoverd several minor planets and detected large number of variable stars. He named his daughters after the minor planets he discovered. He was also well known for his work in comets and solar eclipses.
Pogson, Norman RobertThis item was about the image of visit of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in 1961.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis item was about the map of part of the environs of Madras showing the relative positions of the Observatory house station and the guns. This map was made by J.Goldingham who was F.R.S. in Madras Observatory and the map was published in Madras Observatory papers in 1826 on page no. 177.
Madras Observatory