Instruments History Astronomy

Instruments History Astronomy

Instruments

The development of the equipment and devices used by astronomers.

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- The telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Palomar.
- From the merket to the reflecting telescope in three pages.
- Exhibition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, that explains the history of this telescope via words and archive photographs.
- Historical documents, galleries and information on maintaining and restoring old telescopes.
- Solar observatories built into 17th and 18th century cathedrals.
- Describes the modernization of the Greenwich Observatory. From the BBC History series.
- The history of modern astronomical measurement, emphasis on instruments.
- The exquisite telescopes crafted by Alvan Clark and his sons helped make the last half of the 19th century a golden age of astronomy.
- Collection of instruments, past exhibitions, history department information.
- Ancient astronomical computer.
- An overview with photographs of many lesser known telescopes typical of their time.
- An essay with photographs on the construction of the Arecibo radio telescope.
- Radio telescopes of large resolving power.

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