History of Astronomy

Mark Jeffery

HoA: Henrietta Levitt – the overlooked pioneer of distance, by Paul Wright

What a fascinating story about one of the unsung heroes of Astronomy. It seems that Henrietta, along with Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina...

Mark Jeffery

HoA: Eclipses of the Sun – The Ultimate Experience, by Richard Westwood

Each day, as we wake to the sight of the Sun, we hardly think twice about it. It’s a fixture in our lives, always there – so much so that...

Mark Jeffery

HoA: The Story of the Herschels, by Charles Draper

Charles is the chairman of the Herschel society in Bath. The Society was founded in the 1970s to rescue the house in New King Street...

Mark Jeffery

HoA: Herschel, Bode, and the Origin of the Flamsteed Numbers, by Dr Wolfgang Steinicke

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Wolfgang Steinicke to give us the second talk in the History of Astronomy series for this term. Wolfgang...

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