Titlebook: John Tebbutt; Rebuilding and Stren Wayne Orchiston Book 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 Australian Comet Corps.19th

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Introductionrincipal achievements in astronomy and meteorology and the . within which they occurred. As such, we must examine his discovery of two of the Great Comets of the nineteenth century and explore the instrumentation at his Windsor Observatory and the ways in which this was utilised to contribute to wor

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The Great Comet of 1861:A Magnificent Career Catalyst to our understanding of cometary structure and behaviour. This comet was discovered by John Tebbutt, who was the first astronomer to compute its orbital elements and to forecast that the Earth would pass through its tail. Tebbutt utilised Sydney newspapers rather than academic journals to document

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An Urge for Independence: The Sydney Observatory Directorshipranging astronomical observations and especially for his discovery of the ‘Great Comet of 1861’ (C/1861 J1). He also was very diligent in promoting a public interest in astronomy through a succession of reports and ‘Letters to the Editor’ that he submitted to the Sydney newspapers. Therefore, instea

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A Timely Spectacle: The Great Comet of 1881ime in astronomical history and was destined to make a major contribution to cometary astronomy..In this chapter we relate Tebbutt’s discovery and subsequent observations of this comet and then discuss how it played a key role in the development of astronomical photography and astronomical spectrosc

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An Abortive Association: The Australian Comet Corpsng of Australia’s first national specialist astronomical group, a corps of non-professional comet-seekers, was premature. The ‘Australian Comet Corps’ as I prefer to call it, was inspired by a similar group in the USA, and was established by John Tebbut in 1882. With just two active members, and con

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A Gain in Light Grasp: The Legacy of the Grubb TelescopeThus, he could observe fainter comets for longer, measure closer double stars, make more positional observations of planets, track more minor planets, record a wider range of Jovian satellite phenomena and time more lunar occultations of stars..In this chapter we survey the above-mentioned areas of

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Power, Politics and Prestige: The Russell–Tebbutt Feudell (the Directors of Melbourne and Sydney Observatories, respectively), and Windsor Observatory’s John Tebbutt. As the decades passed, Ellery and Tebbutt remained on good terms, but there was a gradual falling out between Russell and Tebbutt and by 1891 they were bitter enemies..In this chapter, we

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Astronomers in Isolation: A New Branch of the British Astronomical Associationn Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide during the 1890s. The Sydney and Melbourne groups, formed in 1895 and 1897, respectively, were branches of the British Astronomical Association. The Sydney-based New South Wales Branch was the brainchild of Walter Gale and Robert Innes, but there was strong