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| Autore principale: | Orchiston, Wayne.
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| Titolo: | Exploring the history of New Zealand astronomy : trials, tribulations, telescopes and transits / Wayne Orchiston. |
| Pubblicazione: | Cham : Springer, c2016. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XLV, 688 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
| Serie: | Astrophysics and space science library, 0067-0057 ; 422 |
| Contiene: | Indice: 1. Introduction. Pt. 1. Pre-European astronomy in the Pacific: 2. The skies over Aotearoa-New Zealand: astronomy from a Maori perspective 3. Mahutonga: Did proto-Polynesian astronomers record the supernova of AD 185?. Pt. 2. Cook voyage astronomy and New Zealand: 4. Astronomy on Cook's first voyage: Mercury Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound (1769-1770) 5. Astronomy on Cook's second voyage: Dusky sound and Queen Charlotte Sound (1773-1774) 6. Astronomy on Cook's third voyage: Queen Charlotte Sound (1777). Pt. 3. Fundamental astronomy: of telescopes and observatories: 7. The Cook Gregorian telescope in the museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 8. Stephen Carkeek, the Wellington time ball and New Zealand's oldest surviving observatory 9. The historic astronomical observatories in the Wellington botanic garden: a brief introduction 10. The Thames observatories of John Grigg 11. The Wanganui refractor and its remarkable English equatorial mounting 12. Joseph Ward: pioneer New Zealand telescope-maker 13. From Crossley to Carter: the life and times of an historic Cooke refractor. Pt. 4. Transit of Venus: the quest for the astronomical unit: 14. The 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus: an overview 15. Refining the astronomical unit: Queenstown and the 1874 transit of Venus. Pt. 5. Stunning spectacles: eclipses, comets and meteor showers: 16. The 1885 total solar eclipse: an amazing public spectacle 17. John Grigg and the genesis of cometary astronomy in New Zealand 18. C.J. Westland and comet C/1914 S1 (Campbell): a forgotten episode in New Zealand cometary astronomy 19. A Catholic approach to astronomy: the remarkable record of Ronald A. McIntosh. Pt. 6. Other notable astronomers and their activities: 20. Great comets and Wellington's earliest European astronomers 21. Henry Severn: Thames' talented transitory astronomer 22. John Grigg and his pioneering astronomical photography. Pt. 7. Opening a new window on the universe: early New Zealand radio astronomy: 23. Dr Elizabeth Alexander and the mysterious Norkfolk Island effect 24. John Bolton, Gordon Stanley, Bruce Slee and the riddle of the radio stars. Index |
| ISBN: | 9783319225654 |
| Discipline: | Astronomia--Studi di carattere generale. |
| Luoghi: | Nuova Zelanda. Pacifico, Oceano (area). |
| Collocazione: | LS 20502 |
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