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61. EAP1190/1/1/93

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1/93
Title:
A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of R Sculptoris (2 of 2).
Scope & Content:
Observations of R Sculptoris. Contains notes, diagrams, and registers of observations (1891 August 27 to 1916 October 28). A pencilled note comments "Very Red.", and elsewhere, "The colour of this star is an intense scarlet.". Includes a finder chart for R. Reticuli and R. Doradus. Found as a si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
235

62. EAP1190/1/1/94

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1/94
Title:
A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of S Arae (1 of 2).
Scope & Content:
Observations of S Arae. Includes notes, diagrams, and registers of observations (1899 November 03 to 1914 June 25). On one page the star is designated (2757) Arae, struck through with pencil and "6429" added. Some notes are written on a printed page used for recording of school attendance or per...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
244

63. EAP1190/1/1/95

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1/95
Title:
A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of S Arae (1 of 2).
Scope & Content:
Observations of S Arae. Includes notes, diagrams, and registers of observations (1899 November 03 to 1913 June 10). Found as a single bundle in a display case in the Boyden Observatory Museum (pile 6 of 6). Split into two packets. Pages (T 110 mm) presumably removed from Waltons storage box R006...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
234

64. EAP1190/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2
Title:
Astronomical Log Books
Scope & Content:
A set of hard-cover note books used to record the progress of research programmes carried out on a certain telescope. During this period of Boyden’s history, photography was the principal method of detecting and recording information. Typically, a piece of glass was coated with a photographic em...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
969

65. EAP1190/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/1
Title:
Mazelspoort Meteorological Observations: 1927-1928 (No. 1).
Scope & Content:
This register contains the earliest weather data recorded at Boyden, very shortly after the site was established. Almost a year's records are contained in it, after which a second register book was used. From the cover, the book covers weather observations from 1927 August 15 to 1928 July 31. Fo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
28

66. EAP1190/1/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/2
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates (13h42m to 16h00m) (B, A, F stars)
Scope & Content:
Lists of stars, giving basic stellar data and exposure instructions for each. Several stars are struck through with red. Some entire pages are struck through. Has 12 blank pages. No dates appear in the book. From the book cover: "13-inch Boyden / Spectrum Plates / 13h 42m - 16h 00m / B, A & ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
19

67. EAP1190/1/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/3
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates (7h0m to 12h59m) (Book 2)
Scope & Content:
Lists of stars, giving basic stellar data for each. Several stars are struck through, with numbers, presumably plate numbers, appended in pencil. Has 6 blank pages. No dates appear in the book. From the book cover: "13-inch Boyden / Spec. / 7h0m - 12h59 / 2.". n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
26

68. EAP1190/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/4
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor (Plate Series X): Objective prism stellar spectra.
Scope & Content:
From the cover: "13-inch / [Plate series] X / Objective Prism / Absolute Magnitudes / New List / Also additional list of M stars / G+K stars / corresp. 2599 / 24 XII 1942 / Corresp. 13 Feb 1948 / C [underlined]". Appears to be a logbook for a project with the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, between ro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
27

69. EAP1190/1/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/5
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates (21h24m to 5h59m) (Book 4)
Scope & Content:
A note on the left inner board describes the book as a continuation of spectral work on the 13-inch. Contains lists of stars, giving basic stellar data for each. Several stars are struck through, with numbers, presumably plate numbers, appended in pencil. No dates appear in the book. From the bo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33

70. EAP1190/1/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/6
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates: A and F stars (Book A) (Book II)
Scope & Content:
Two lists of HR stars for a programme of spectral photography. Entries are followed by pencilled-in plate numbers. Title from the cover: "A5 and F8 type stars / Book II / And / NEW REQUISITION OF FEB 13, 1948 FOR A & F STARS.". One list is crossed out, with a note reading: "Leave to be taken...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
31

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