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            IND-IIA-F005-I12 · Item · 02-12-1920
            Part of Official documents of Thomas Royds

            The letter informs about the visit of Mr. Seshachar to the Kodaikanal Observatory during January and February of 1921. The Director General of Observatories asked Thomas Royds to make proper arrangements for the visitor. The visit of Evreshed to Lahore for the adjustment of specific astronomical instruments in the Observatory has also been mentioned.

            Royds, Thomas
            IND-IIA-F315 · Fond · 16-02-2006

            The album contains photos and observations related to Norman Robert Pogson, an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras Observatory as a Government astronomer from 1861 to 1891. He undertook observations of comets and found numerous minor planets. The album starts with a photograph of Norman Robert Pogson, who had signed it himself. Images of the Madras Observatory and Kodaikanal Observatory, as well as photos of Pogsons's Grave and brass plaque at St. George's Cathedral, Madras, are also archived in this album. In addition, copies of the critical astronomical observations undertaken by N. R. Pogson. A copy of the catalogue for the observation of the minor planet 'Asia', a hand-painted solar spectrum of the total Solar Eclipse in 1868, a copy of the title page of observations of the fixed stars made with the meridian circle and a title page of variable star catalogue. The photographs in this album were collected and presented to Ms. Cherry Amstrong, the great-great-granddaughter of Norman Robert Pogson, during her visit to the Kodaikanal Observatory on 16th February 2006.