Boyden Station (Arequipa, Peru)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Founded in 1891 with a gift from Uriah A. Boyden this was HCO’s second permanent observatory to complement the one in Cambridge. Instruments included the 24” Bruce, 13” Boyden, 10” Metcalf, and 8” Bache. The station was closed and moved to South Africa to get better weather for observation year-round.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Variable Stars (Arequipa), 1895/1898 Digital
FOUND IN:
Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
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Series:
Variable Stars, Meridian Circle Work, and The Beginning of the Pickering Administration
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Sub-Series:
Early Variable Star Work
Item — Box 16Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0535
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...