Airy's zenith telescopes and ``the birth-star of modern astronomy''

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Jun 2003

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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 13 - 26 (2003).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Zenith Instruments, Greenwich Observatory, Positional Astronomy

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When Sir George Airy (1801-1891) became the seventh Astronomer Royal in 1835, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich already had a long history of zenith observations for monitoring aberration and nutation, and providing a zenith-point for the meridian instruments. Continuing this programme, Airy designed two very successful instruments. His Reflex Zenith Tube succeeded where other instruments had failed, and his reflex principle was developed to provide the most successful zenith instruments over more than a century. His zenithal Water Telescope, developed for a specific experiment, was equally successful. The design and construction, operating procedures, and programmes carried out with these instruments are described.

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