name is derived from the location and construction of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope in the area at 33°56′7.13″S 18°28′38.47″E / 33.9353139°S... 17 KB (1,474 words) - 19:29, 12 May 2024 |
Kong Observatory, (formerly the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong until 1997) Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa This disambiguation page... 459 bytes (85 words) - 06:33, 24 October 2015 |
magnitude) of over 100 bright southern hemisphere stars in 1943, that he had observed at the Durban observatory. R. H. Stoy of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good... 10 KB (957 words) - 06:10, 21 January 2022 |
David Gill (astronomer) (category Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. 1913. Heliometer observations for determination of stellar parallax made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of... 16 KB (1,358 words) - 13:17, 26 December 2023 |
is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small Solar... 426 KB (101 words) - 09:13, 3 May 2024 |
Manuel John Johnson (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society) the high proper motion of Alpha Centauri and communicated these to Thomas Henderson at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. This led to the first... 5 KB (544 words) - 19:29, 28 November 2022 |
Alpha Centauri (redirect from Exploration of Alpha Centauri) (1851). "Determination of the Parallax of α 1 and α2 Centauri, from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in the Years 1842-3-4... 113 KB (11,039 words) - 08:24, 9 May 2024 |
Mapungubwe Motsetsi Non Pareille Plovers Lake Robben Island Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. Sarah Baartman Site SAS Pietermaritzburg Sterkfontein caves... 13 KB (1,056 words) - 22:53, 11 March 2024 |
along the edge of the mare. It is named after Sir Thomas Maclear, Her Majesty's astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town, South... 5 KB (471 words) - 17:08, 15 May 2023 |
William Mann (astronomer) (category Cape Colony scientists) William Mann (1817–1873) was an English astronomer active at Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, where he erected a new transit-circle in 1855 and made valuable... 4 KB (539 words) - 04:15, 3 April 2024 |
William Henry Finlay (category Cape Colony people) strength of his mathematical ability he was appointed first assistant at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope in April 1873, under the direction of Edward... 10 KB (872 words) - 07:01, 29 October 2023 |
This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa.... 48 KB (15 words) - 15:05, 13 May 2024 |
below. March 10 – Astronomical Society of London is founded. October 20 – Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is founded. Christian Friedrich Nasse... 7 KB (710 words) - 11:47, 10 March 2024 |
Patrick H. Scully (category Cape Colony people) Archdiocese of Cape Town. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2024. Warner, Brian (1995). "Cape Residence". Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 1820–1831:... 8 KB (981 words) - 05:05, 10 March 2024 |
Brian Warner (astronomer) (category Academic staff of the University of Cape Town) (2009) Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (2009) Warner, Brian (1979). Astronomers at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema... 20 KB (1,687 words) - 20:19, 7 November 2023 |
Comet Donati (redirect from Great Comet of 1858) observation was by William Mann, chief assistant at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, who detected it as a faint nebulosity on March 4, 1859.... 11 KB (1,232 words) - 04:41, 28 August 2023 |
Tim Hawarden (category University of Cape Town alumni) Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope and then from 1972 as the Deputy Head of the Photometry Department at the South African Astronomical Observatory... 14 KB (1,182 words) - 05:12, 7 March 2024 |
Teach Yourself (category Publishing companies of the United Kingdom) Evans in 1957. At the time he was Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope. Teach Yourself Biology was written in 1940 by the pioneering... 14 KB (1,566 words) - 19:53, 15 November 2023 |
Sydney Samuel Hough (category Fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa) College in 1894. At South Africa's Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, he was from 1898 to 1907 the chief assistant of David Gill and, upon Gill's retirement... 5 KB (375 words) - 06:57, 31 January 2024 |
Jakob Karl Ernst Halm (category Immigrants to the Cape Colony) interpretation of what is now called a P Cygni profile while discussing the spectrum of Nova Persei 1901. While at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, he was... 7 KB (760 words) - 15:19, 25 October 2023 |
Thomas Maclear (category Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society) grounds of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. Knighted in 1860 for his achievements as an astronomer. Lalande Prize (1866) Royal Medal of the Royal Society... 7 KB (660 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024 |
Robert T. A. Innes (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) invited to the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope by the HM Astronomer Sir David Gill in 1894 and appointed in 1896. While at the Cape, he discovered... 9 KB (1,154 words) - 19:10, 31 March 2024 |