Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #200.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.214
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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In the early 20th century, cooperative astronomical programmes were not new: the Carte du Ciel project involved nearly twenty observatories. G.E. Hale's International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research, forerunner of the IAU, was organized in 1904. At the 1910 meeting of the American Astronomical Society, W.W. Campbell proposed to create a committee to foster cooperation in radial velocity measurements. At the Pasadena meeting of the IUCSR, a scheme to pursue measurements of fainter stars emerged. Few observatories had telescope sufficiently powerful for the work, the new 60-inch reflector at Mount Wilson being one of the exceptions. J.S. Plaskett, of the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa, brought into this group, determined that Canada would contribute. This was the first step towards the design and construction of the Victoria 72-inch reflector, the template for a number of similar telescopes which would make significant contributions to stellar spectroscopy over the next forty years.
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