Royal Greenwich Observatory – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Workshop on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy

Posted on 30 May 2018 by Dr Emma Saunders

A guest post by Daniel Belteki, University of Kent On 29 June 2018, Cambridge University Library will host a workshop on the life and […]

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‘It’s all in a day’s work’: the Royal Greenwich Observatory Audio-Visual Collection, Stories of Observatory Life

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Dr Emma Saunders

For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction. Observing distant stars, recording sunspots, […]

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