By Wayne Orchiston

Dr. Orchiston is a preferable authority near to New Zealand astronomy, and listed here are the accumulated papers of his fruitful reviews during this sector, together with either these released decades in the past and new fabric. The papers herein evaluate conventional Maori astronomy, learn the looks of nautical astronomy practiced by means of cook dinner and his astronomers on their numerous stopovers in New Zealand in the course of their 3 voyagers to the South Seas, and likewise discover impressive 19th century New Zealand observatories traditionally, from major telescopes now positioned in New Zealand to neighborhood and overseas observations made in the course of the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus and the 19th and 20th century preoccupation of recent Zealand beginner astronomers with comets and meteors.

New Zealand astronomy has a very wealthy heritage, extending from the Maori civilization in pre-European occasions via to the years while explorers and navigators came upon the sector, as much as pioneering study at the newly rising box of radio astronomy in the course of WWII and within the quick post-war years. an entire survey of a missed yet wealthy nationwide astronomical background, this does the topic complete and accomplished justice.

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453 ..... 454 ..... 456 ..... 457 ..... 458 459 ..... 460 ..... 461 ..... 463 ..... 464 ..... 466 ..... 467 ..... 470 474 ..... 482 ..... 1 A view showing part of Grigg’s first observatory, in Pollen Street, and the rear of his business premises (after Grigg 1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Gale (Courtesy British Astronomical Association Archives) . . . . . . . . . . . Pietro Baraccho (Courtesy Museum Victoria) . . . John Tebbutt (after Tebbutt 1908: Frontispiece) .

461 ..... 463 ..... 464 ..... 466 ..... 467 ..... 470 474 ..... 482 ..... 1 A view showing part of Grigg’s first observatory, in Pollen Street, and the rear of his business premises (after Grigg 1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Gale (Courtesy British Astronomical Association Archives) . . . . . . . . . . . Pietro Baraccho (Courtesy Museum Victoria) . . . John Tebbutt (after Tebbutt 1908: Frontispiece) . . F. org). . . . Frank Skjellerup and his wife photographed in their garden in Cape Town about the time he re-discovered Grigg’s comet (Orchiston collection) .

New Zealand localities mentioned in this chapter are shown in red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-cm (10-in) Newtonian reflector that he made (Courtesy Ward (Wanganui) Observatory Archives) . . . . . . 5-in) reflector (Courtesy Ward (Wanganui Observatory Archives) . . . . A. 6-cm (14-in) Ward reflector at Melford Street, Auckland (Orchiston collection) . 5-cm (12-in) Ward reflector. Begg and Ward are fourth and fifth from the right, respectively (Courtesy Ward (Wanganui) Observatory Archives) .

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