Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy

Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy

Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits

Orchiston, Wayne

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2019

688

Mole

Inglês

9783319794112

15 a 20 dias

1488

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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Pre-European Astronomy in the Pacific.- Chapter 2: The Skies over Aotearoa/New Zealand.- Chapter 3: Mahutonga.- Part II: Cook Voyage Astronomy and New Zealand.- Chapter 4: Astronomy on Cook's First Voyage.- Chapter 5: Astronomy on Cook's Second Voyage.- Chapter 6: Astronomy on Cook's Third Voyage.- Part III: Fundamental Astronomy.- Chapter 7: The 'Cook' Gregorian Telescope in The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.- Chapter 8: Stephen Carkeek, the Wellington Time Ball, and New Zealand's Oldest 'Surviving' Observatory.- Chapter 9: The Historic Astronomical Observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden.- Chapter 10: The Thames Observatory of John Grigg.- Chapter 11: The Wanganui Refractor and its Remarkable English
Equatorial Mounting.- Chapter 12: Joseph Ward.- Chapter 13: From Crossley to Carter.- Part IV: Transits of Venus.- Chapter 14: The 1874 and 1882 Transits of Venus.- Chapter 15: Refining the Astronomical Unit.- Part V: Stunning Spectacles.- Chapter 16: An Amazing Public Spectacle.- Chapter 17: John Grigg and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in
New Zealand.- Chapter 18: C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell).- Chapter 19: A Catholic Approach to Astronomy.- Part VI: Other Notable Astronomers and Their Activities.- Chapter 20: Great Comets, and Wellington's Earliest European Astronomers.- Chapter 21: Henry Severn.- Chapter 22: John Grigg and his Pioneering Astronomical Photography.- Part VII: Opening a New Window on the Universe.- Chapter 23: Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the Mysterious 'Norfolk
Island Effect'.- Ch 24: John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the Riddle of the 'Radio Stars'.- Index.
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Carkeek Observatory;Cook South Seas Astronomy;History of Maori Astronomy;John Grigg Astronomer;Maori Astronomy;Meteorites in New Zealand;Nautical Astronomy;New Zealand Radio Astronomy;Proto-Polynesian Astronomy;Waingaromia Meteorite