Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy
Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits
(Sprache: Englisch)
Dr. Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review traditional Maori...
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Dr. Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review traditional Maori astronomy, examine the appearance of nautical astronomy practiced by Cook and his astronomers on their various stopovers in New Zealand during their three voyagers to the South Seas, and also explore notable nineteenth century New Zealand observatories historically, from significant telescopes now located in New Zealand to local and international observations made during the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus and the nineteenth and twentieth century preoccupation of New Zealand amateur astronomers with comets and meteors. New Zealand astronomy has a truly rich history, extending from the Maori civilization in pre-European times through to the years when explorers and navigators discovered the region, up to pioneering research on the newly emerging field of radio astronomy during WWII and in the immediate post-war years. A complete survey of a neglected but rich national astronomical history, this does the subject full and comprehensive justice.
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- Did Proto-Polynesian astronomers record the supernova of 185 AD?- The skies over Aotearoa
- First Voyage stop-over, 1769-1770
- Second Voyage stop-overs, 1773-1774
- Third Voyage stop-over, 1777
- The 'Cook' telescope in The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- J.H. Marriott: New Zealand's first telescope-maker
- The Carkeek Observatory
- The astronomical observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden
- The Thames Observatory of John Grigg
- The Wanganui Cooke refractor and its remarkable mounting
- Joseph Ward and his telescope-making activities
- A history of the 'Cooke' refractor at the Carter Observatory
- The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus
- The US expedition to Queenstown in 1874
- An amazing public spectacle
- John Grigg and his cavalcade of comets
- C.J. Westland and the 1914 Comet
- Ronald McIntosh
- The Waingaromia Meteorite
- Wellington's earliest astronomers
- Henry Severn
- John Grigg and his pioneering astronomical photography
- The remarkable 'Uncle Charlie'
- Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the mysterious 'Norfolk Island Effect'
- John Bolton, Gordon Stanley and the riddle of the 'radio stars'
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Wayne Orchiston
Professor Wayne Orchiston is a Senior Researcher at the National Astronomical Research Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and formerly worked in optical and radio astronomy in Australia and New Zealand. He has published on the history of Australian, English, French, Georgian, Indian, Indonesian, Iraqi, Japanese, New Zealand and USA astronomy, and has supervised a large pool of graduate students. Like Tsuko Nakamura, Wayne has played a leading role in developing the history of astronomy through the International Astronomical Union Commission 41, and was responsible for the formation of the Historic Radio Astronomy and Transits of Venus Working Groups. He is the Editor of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Wayne Orchiston
- 2015, 1st ed. 2016, XLV, 688 Seiten, 152 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319225650
- ISBN-13: 9783319225654
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.12.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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