| Title |
Cape Observatory Catalogues |
| Reference |
GBR/0180/RGO 24 |
| Creator |
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1849-circa 1953 |
| Extent and Medium |
3 boxes; Paper |
| Repository |
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives |
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| Content and context |
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Catalogues of observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
Produced by the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives, Cape Observatory Catalogues, RGO 24 |
| Further information |
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A handlist is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Indexed
This description was created by Robert Steiner, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.
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| Index Terms |
| Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope |
| RGO Archives/RGO 24 contains: |
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1
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Astronomical Observations.
8 volumes + 1 envelope. |
circa 1849–1879 |
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2
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Star Catalogues for the Equinox.
10 volumes. |
1899–1953 |
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3
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Star Catalogues for the Epoch.
7 volumes. |
1873–1899 |
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4
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La Caille's Arc of Meridian. 'Verification and Extension of La Caille's Arc of Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope; by Sir Thomas Maclear' (Saul Solomon & Co).
2 volumes. |
1866 |
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5a
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North Polar Distances and Right Ascensions. 'Observations at the Royal Observatory, Cape Of Good Hope. Mean North Polar Distances of Rigel, [Alpha] Orionis, Sirius, and [Alpha] Hydræ. Geocentric Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of Encke's Comet' by Sir Thomas Maclear, Director, part of Volume XXXV of the 'Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society' (Strangeways & Walden, Leicester Square).
1 volume. |
1867 |
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5b
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North Polar Distances and Right Ascensions. 'Observations at the Royal Observatory, Cape Of Good Hope. Mean North Polar Distances of Rigel, [Alpha] Orionis, Sirius, and [Alpha] Hydræ. Geocentric Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of Encke's Comet' by Sir Thomas Maclear, Director, part of Volume XXXV of the 'Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society' (Strangeways & Walden, Leicester Square).
1 volume. |
1867 |
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6a
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Places of Southern Polar Stars. 'Places of Eight Close Southern Polar Stars' by E.J. Stone, dated the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 28 February 1874. The name of the publisher is not given.
1 volume. |
1874 |
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6b
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Places of Southern Polar Stars. 'Places of Eight Close Southern Polar Stars' by E.J. Stone, dated the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 28 February 1874. The name of the publisher is not given.
1 volume. |
1874 |
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7
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Heliometer Observations. 'Heliometer Observations for Determination of Stellar Parallax made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, by David Gill' (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode).
1 volume. |
1893 |
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8
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Catalogue of Astrographic Stars. 'A Catalogue of 8560 Astrographic Standard Stars between Declinations -40º and -52º for the Equinox 1900 from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the years 1896-99, under the direction of Sir David Gill' (London: H.M.S.O.).
1 volume. |
1906 |
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9
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Cape Zone Catalogue. 'Zone Catalogue of 20,843 Stars included between -40º and -52º of South Declination, referred to the Equinox 1900 derived from Meridian Observations and Photographs made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, under the direction of Sir David Gill...and S.S. Hough' (London: H.M.S.O.).
1 volume. |
1923 |
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10
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Magnitudes of Stars. 'Magnitudes of Stars contained in the Cape Zone Catalogue of 20,843 Stars for Equinox 1900 Zones -40º and -52º. Reduced and prepared for Press under the direction of H. Spencer Jones' (London: H.M.S.O.).
1 volume. |
1927 |
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11
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Proper Motions of Stars. 'Proper Motion of Stars in the Zone Catalogue of 20,843 Stars 1900. Zones -40º to -52º. Derived from Photographs taken at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, under the directions of H. Spencer Jones...and J. Jackson' (London: H.M.S.O.).
1 volume. |
1936 |
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12
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Catalogue of Faint Stars. 'Catalogue of 20,554 Faint Stars in the Cape Astrographic Zone -40º to -52º for the Equinox of 1900.0 giving Positions, Precessions, Proper Motions and Photographic Magnitudes derived from Photographs taken at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, under the directions of H. Spencer Jones...and J. Jackson' (London: H.M.S.O.).
1 volume. |
1939 |
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