Purple ink stamp on first page: "5[inch] Voigtlander". A plate book (plate numbers 8516-8573) for the period 1925 October 28 to 1926 September 09. Several images were taken of Nova Pictoris. Some remarks may be in Spanish. No plate series is identified. n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing 17 page...
Observing programmes, on a variety of telescopes, in the form of lists of target objects with pencilled-in plate numbers as applicable, with very basic programme notes. The book has several titles on the cover, which are struck through. These refer to the 8-inch Bache and the ADH Telescope, and ...
Log Book: Stellar ephemeris for Arequipa for out-of-focus work
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Description of a program to carry out out-of-focus photometry of southern stars. The bulk of the book consists of a list of stars, giving their designations, rise times and other basic data, along with plate numbers on which they were recorded. A hand-written essay, titled "Out-of-focus Work on ...
Description of 5 spectral programmes on stars and galaxies: "A, B and O Stars in the L.M.C." (1934 September 26), "A, B and O Stars in the S.M.C."" (1934 December 06 to 1935 December 06), 4 galaxies "For radial velocities" (1935 November 05), "Radial Velocities / Galaxies brighter than Mag. 12.1...
Description of 2 photographic programmes on star (open) clusters. The first, "Galactic Clusters" (1938 April, 1942 February 02), is a "list extended by Dr Shapley (Sept. 1938) to include Gal. clusters from Harv[ard] Mon[ographs] No. 2". The second, "60-inch Cuffey's Clusters" (1939 December 13),...
Log Book: Sky Patrol Programme, 1.5-inch Cooke and 3-inch Ross (1936-1940)
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Contains a register of wide-field plates taken from 1936 May to 1940 August. From the title page: "1.5-inch Cooke Lens & 3-inch Ross-RB / Sky Patrol / May 1936 -". Specific targets included Nova Pictoris and the Large Magellanic Cloud. The 1.5-inch Cooke lens took plates (Plate Series AM) at...
Log Book: 3-inch Ross (Plate Series RB) Programmes (1930 - 1934) (Book 2)
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On the left inner board a summary is given, as "Patrol / T Program / Cluster mags. / Bok's program / mul. exposures?". However, the book only contains two programmes. The first is a wide-field sky patrol register, from 1930 January to 1934 April. Specific objects listed: Large Magellanic Cloud, ...
Log Book: 24-inch Bruce Proper Motion Programme (1932-1934)
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Lists of stars for a proper motion investigation to be carried out photographically with the 24-inch Bruce Doublet, 1932 - 1934. First list is titled "Programme for 1932", and contains program stars, several with pencilled plate numbers, with basic instructions for carrying out the observations....
Log Book: 24-inch Bruce Programmes: MWF, HLF, Magellanic Clouds (1934-1939)
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Title on cover front: "24-inch / Variables and Miscellenea / Transferred to Ephem. book No 4/1940". This logbook details 4 photographic programs with the 24-inch Bruce Doublet telescope. For each program, basic instructions are given, followed by a list of the field numbers and their plate centr...
The book, titled "24[inch] Ephemeris", lists co-ordinates of fields to be photographed with the 24-inch Bruce Doublet telescope at Boyden. Many entries of these lists have plate numbers written after them. The first list is titled "Most Urgent NEBULAR FIELDS", and contains a sub-table called "Co...
