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Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:

16-inch Variable star program Red, 1934-06 Digital

Item Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra2639
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and research notes produced by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the materials date between 1900 and 1935.Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: Williamina Fleming, Evelyn Leland, Solon Irving Bailey, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edward S. King, Sarah E. Breslin, Annie Jump Cannon, Boris Petrovich Gerasmovich, Leon...

7.5-inch refractor records, 1961 Digital

Item Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra2646
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and research notes produced by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the materials date between 1900 and 1935.Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: Williamina Fleming, Evelyn Leland, Solon Irving Bailey, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edward S. King, Sarah E. Breslin, Annie Jump Cannon, Boris Petrovich Gerasmovich, Leon...

Absolute Work Runs 1879, 80, 81, 1879/1899 Digital

Item — Box 78Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1854
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Antonia Maury collection of publications and astronomical photographs

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Am 3465
Overview:

Three offprints by American astronomer Antonia Maury with three glass-plate astronomical photographs owned by her.

Asteroid 109 - Elements and Ephemerides, 1877/1878 Digital

Item — Box 11Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0431
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Asteroid Zone Book, 1872 Digital

Item — Box 72Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1728
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Bibliography, 1890 Digital

Item — Box 77Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1833
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Books received at the Observatory of Harvard College, 1862-01-06/1878-11-12 Digital

Item — Box 7Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0270
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Papers of Annie Jump Cannon

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 125
Overview:

The collection documents both the personal and professional life of Annie Jump Cannon, the first astronomer to systematically classify the stars.  It contains diaries, autobiographical writings, correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs, relating to her life and career.

Cartes Photographiques du Ciel received by the Harvard College Observatory

Collection Identifier: UAV 630.211
Overview: In 1887, the first International Astrophotographic Congress launched the Carte du Ciel, an international astronomical project to photograph every star in the sky, and compile a catalog, known as the Astrographic Catalogue, listing the positions of stars from the fourteenth magnitude down to the eleventh magnitude, from this photographic atlas. The Cartes Photographiques du Ciel received by the Harvard College Observatory as part of the Carte du Ciel documents portions of the star mapping...

Catalog of Books in the Phillips Library, 1856-10-09/1877-06-04 Digital

Item — Box 7Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0279
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Cepheids, 1930 Digital

Item Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra2642
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and research notes produced by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the materials date between 1900 and 1935.Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: Williamina Fleming, Evelyn Leland, Solon Irving Bailey, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edward S. King, Sarah E. Breslin, Annie Jump Cannon, Boris Petrovich Gerasmovich, Leon...

Chronograph Record, 1870-06-22/1870-11-01 Digital

Item — Box 79Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1875
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Chronograph Record, 1870-07-12/1871-06-12 Digital

Item — Box 79Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1876
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Chronograph Sheet readings, 1884-05-29/1884-12-03 Digital

Item — Box 76Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1824
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Clock Errors, General Catalog, Instrumental Constants, 1874/1875 Digital

Item — Box 70Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1680
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Clock Errors, General Catalog, Instrumental Constants, 1878/1879 Digital

Item — Box 70Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1681
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Clock Errors, General Catalog, Instrumental Constants, 1883 Digital

Item — Box 70Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1682
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Clock Errors, Polar Catalog, Instrumental Constants, 1872/1873 Digital

Item — Box 70Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1679
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Collection of Results in Order of Dates, 1879/1881 Digital

Item — Box 68Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1625
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Comparison of Waltham Clock with South clock, 1878 Digital

Item — Box 74Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1779
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Computation Book, 1899/1900 Digital

Item — Box 78Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1866
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Computation Book, 1902 Digital

Item — Box 78Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1867
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

Computation of Residuals, 1900 Digital

Item — Box 76Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra1825
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...

REFINE MY RESULTS:

Type
Archival Object 188
Collection 54
 
Subject
Variable stars. 31
Astronomy -- Observations. 11
Astronomical clocks -- United States. 7
Asteroids. 6
Astronomy -- Research. 6
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Chronograph. 6
Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 6
Solar eclipses -- Observations. 6
Astronomers -- United States. 5
Astronomical photometry. 5
Astronomy. 5
Harvard University -- Astronomy 5
Photographs 5
Telescopes. 5
Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 4
Astronomy -- 19th century. 4
Correspondence. 4
Diaries 4
Meteors. 4
Time measurements. 4
Astronomy -- History. 3
Chronometers. 3
Comets. 3
Financial records. 3
Stars -- Clusters. 3
Sun -- Research. 3
Women astronomers--United States 3
Amateur astronomy. 2
Asteroids--Orbits. 2
Astronomers 2
Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 2
Astronomical photography. 2
Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa) 2
Horology. 2
Manuscripts (documents) 2
Milky Way 2
Nebulae. 2
Observatories. 2
Occultations. 2
Photoprints. 2
Scientific apparatus and instruments. 2
Scientists 2
Scientists--United States 2
Surveying -- Geodetic. 2
Time -- Systems and standards -- United States. 2
Women in astronomy -- History. 2
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) 1
Account books. 1
Aging--United States 1
Albums. 1
American Association of Variable Star Observers. 1
Annual reports. 1
Astrometry 1
Astronomers -- Archives. 1
Astronomers--United States 1
Astronomers. 1
Astronomical instruments 1
Astronomical observatories -- South Africa. 1
Astronomy 1
Astronomy -- Societies, etc. 1
Astronomy -- Study and teaching. 1
Astrophysics. 1
Auroras--Spectra. 1
Auroras. 1
Autobiographies 1
Autobiographies. 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Black-and-white photographs. 1
Boyden Station (Arequipa, Peru) 1
Clocks and watches -- Marketing. 1
Comets--Orbits. 1
Contracts. 1
Cryptography. 1
Diplomas. 1
Donati comet. 1
Drawings 1
Eclipses, Solar -- 1973. 1
Emigration and immigration 1
Family records 1
Geodesy -- Observations 1
Geodesy. 1
Glass plate negatives 1
Harvard College Observatory (Cambridge, MA) 1
Harvard College Observatory -- Photographs. 1
Harvard University -- Finance. 1
Harvard University -- Women. 1
Immigrants' writings, German 1
Lantern slides. 1
Lecture notes 1
Letterpress copybooks. 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Letters. 1
Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
Magnetic fields. 1
Magnetism. 1
Maine. 1
Manuscripts for publication 1
Maps 1
Medals 1
Memoirs 1
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