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Director: Bob Marriott [email protected] 01604 765190 http://britastro.org/iandi
Instruments and Imaging Section
Technical Tips No. 12
20 May 2014
My recent request for examples of designs of obs-ervatories resulted in a considerable response, and I have received numerous contributions describing and illustrating many and various types, from small low-cost designs to large structures housing several instruments. These articles will be published in I&I News (though not all in one issue), and I would be pleased to receive other contributions. In the mean-time, the forty-three observatories presented here will hopefully provide ideas and inspiration. The mystery object in the previous Technical Tips is Harvard College Observatory’s polar telesc-ope (a 12-inch refractor with an 18-inch siderostat), designed by Willard P. Gerrish, installed in 1900, and used mainly for education and variable-star work. Denis Buczynski and Tim Withers identified it corr-ectly. The next enigma is at top right.
Observatory designs
Help is often appreciated ...
Geoffrey Johnstone
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [email protected]
Peter Anderson
Brisbane, Queensland [email protected]
Keith Venables
Camberley, Surrey [email protected]
Thomas Wakefield
Salford, Manchester
Paul Downing
Bradwell, Derbyshire
Alpujarra, Spain
See I&I News, New Series No. 1 (26 Sep-tember 2011), p. 2.
Douglas Liddle
Windsor, Berkshire
John Eland
Oxford [email protected]
Gary Poyner
Kingstanding, Birmingham
Peter Smith
Hastings, East Sussex
Phil Jaworek
Church Broughton, Derbyshire
Clive Nanson
Thringstone, Leicestershire
Martin Cole
West Morton, Yorkshire
See I&I News, New Series No. 5 (9 February 2012), p. 11. The costof the building in 2002 was ~£700.
Chris Baddiley
Mathon, Herefordshire
Robert Adamson
Reading, Berkshire
Len Clucas
Wooler, Northumberland
See I&I News, New Series No. 2
(27 October 2011), p. 2.
Clyde Foster
Centurion, South Africa
Pierre Girard
Chicheley, Buckinghamshire
Iain Cartwright
Portencross, Ayrshire
John Elder
Selborne, Hampshire
Graham Relf
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
Lincoln Astronomical Society Graham Winstanley
Bassingham, Lincolnshire [email protected]
Jeff Young
Grangebellew, County Louth
Terence King
Southwick, West Sussex
Douglas Renton-Cooper
Telford, Shropshire
Brian Mills
Hildenborough, Kent
Robin Leadbeater
Torpenhow, Cumbria
Trevor Emmett
Doddington, Cambridgeshire
Gordon Ewen
Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire
Dove Fletcher
Nuthall, Nottinghamshire
John Mallett
Hewelsfield
Gloucestershire
See I&I News, New Series No. 3
(26 November 2011), p. 7.
Brian Mitchell
Norwich
See I&I News, New Series No. 6
(28 April 2012), p. 7.
Robert Bone
Brimpton, Berkshire
David Spooner
Steyning, West Sussex
Paul Whitmarsh
Uckfield, East Sussex
See I&I News, New Series No. 17 (6 April 2014), p. 2.
Bedford School Bedford Astronomical Society Peter Hudson
Matthew Armitage
Eynsham, Oxfordshire
Observatories at Eynsham and Banbury
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A note by the Director
I have had discussions with Ranjit Bhamra concerning the types of telescope
(for visual observations) and the design of observatories for those with disabilities. Ranjit is Co-Chair of Inspire Community Trust, working in partnership with the London
Borough of Bexley. If you can provide suggestions or advice, please contact him directly.
[email protected] http://www.inspirecommunitytrust.org
Mark Stuckey
Cromer, Norfolk
See I&I News, New Series No. 11 (9 May 2013), p. 30.
Roger Pickard
Shobdon, Herefordshire
Roger Dymock
Waterlooville, Hampshire
See I&I News, New Series No. 6 (28 April 2012), p. 2.
Gordon Patston
Streatham, south London, 1940
Frank Holborn
Streatham, south London, 1940
A ‘Romsey’ observatory
Cambridge
See I&I News, New Series No. 8 (21 September 2012), p. 11
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