This is the reprinted edition of the “Transit of Venus” original pamphlet published in 1874 by C.Ragoonath Chary. IIA library has redesigned the cover page and added the foreword by Prof.S.S.Hasan, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and brought out the pamphlet before the world wide event of Transit of Venus on 6th June 2012 and published under IIA Archives Publication Series.

This item was the photostate copy of the original pamphlet of "Transit of Venus" by C.Ragoonatha Chary published in English languages in 1874.

This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 23 November 2003, observed from India's Antarctic station Maitri. It was seen in the photograph that the shadow of the Moon was only able to cover the middle area of the Sun such that the Sun looks like a heavy ring during the eclipse captured from the horizon.

This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 11 June 1983 in Indonesia. In photos of the event, the Sun appears to be entirely covered by the shadow of the Moon, with only the Sun' corona visible as a bright golden ring.

This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 24 October 1995 at Neem Ka Thana in Rajasthan. In the collection three photographs were captured at different intervals during a solar eclipse. The first photograph shows the Sun as fully covered by the Moon, creating a half-ring. The second photograph displays the Sun's corona as a bright, heavy ring, and the third shows the Sun as a light ring.

This item was about the image of the coronal structures (visible only during eclipses), from left to right : taken with (a) green filter, 100ms exposure, 2x2 binning, (b) red filter, 300ms exposure, 4x4 binning and (c) red filter, 100ms exposure, full resolution.

French astronomer Gustave de Pontecoulant wrote the Analytical Theory of the World System volume 3, part I has pages from "i-xxiv, 1 - 230" and part II has pages from "231 - 566". It was published in 1834. It contains mathematical and scientific explanations of various phenomena related to celestial bodies and their movements. The book covers topics such as the orbits of planets, perturbations caused by gravitational influences, calculations of constants and coefficients, expressions for perturbing forces, and equations for determining the elements of orbits.

The title of the book " Theoric analytique du system du Monde" translates to " Analytical Theory of the World System ". There are two volumes of this book. The first volume has seven chapters, and the second volume consists of 9 chapters. This book was written by G De Pontecoulant and published in 1829.

This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 7 March, 1970. The resulting photograph shows the Sun completely covered by the Moon, with only the corona visible and, which was captured by the camera.

This item was about the measurements of spectrum and solar spots. It is divided into two parts. The first part describes the scale division of the spectroscope micrometer that defines the bright lines observed in the spectrum of the southeast by east prominence and the ordinary lines in the solar spectrum that were measured before and after the eclipse. The second part includes a sketch depicting the principal solar spots measured at Masulipatnam on August 18, 1868. The sketch shows four spots: A, B, C, and D.