Observatory Collection (page 3)

Searching for Halley's Comet at Greenwich Observatory, 1909 (Pen ink, monochrome watercolour, paper)
7340782 Searching for Halley's Comet at Greenwich Observatory, 1909 (Pen ink, monochrome watercolour, paper) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); 42x29 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Zenith sector telescope, 1727 (iron, tin)
7340751 Zenith sector telescope, 1727 (iron, tin) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); 381x7.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Two Greenwich Pensioners with a female companion beside Rysbrack's statue of George II
7342527 Two Greenwich Pensioners with a female companion beside Rysbrack's statue of George II. Inversed digital file to create b&w positive

Martha's Vineyard: View Northwest from the Observatory, Samoset Avenue (b/w photo)
8640629 Martha's Vineyard: View Northwest from the Observatory, Samoset Avenue (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martha's Vineyard: Sea View Avenue and View South, from the Observatory (b/w photo)
8640621 Martha's Vineyard: Sea View Avenue and View South, from the Observatory (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, Ocean Park and the Highlands, from the Observatory (b/w photo)
8640617 Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, Ocean Park and the Highlands, from the Observatory (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cottage City)

Sydney: The Observatory (b/w photo)
8644649 Sydney: The Observatory (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Observatory)

Observatory in Central Park (b/w photo)
8658214 Observatory in Central Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Observatory in Central Park)

Windmill near Fort Phillip, The Present Site of the Observatory (engraving)
8651228 Windmill near Fort Phillip, The Present Site of the Observatory (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Windmill near Fort Phillip)

An astronomic observatory in France
3566493 An astronomic observatory in France by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: France 1890 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

An engraving depicting the great equatorial telescope housed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 19th century
5311557 An engraving depicting the great equatorial telescope housed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1881); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting an electric time-ball fitted on the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh, 19th century
5311160 An engraving depicting an electric time-ball fitted on the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1853); Universal History Archive/UIG

Paris: View of the Royal Observatory begins in 1667 and ends in 1672 - Engraving - in " Celeste History" 1741
XEE5030887 Paris: View of the Royal Observatory begins in 1667 and ends in 1672 - Engraving - in " Celeste History" 1741 by Pierre Charles Le Monnier or Lemonnier (1715-1799)

Astronomical glass plate slide of portrait of George Hale at Palomar observatory, early 20th century (glass negative)
7342392 Astronomical glass plate slide of portrait of George Hale at Palomar observatory, early 20th century (glass negative) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Maritime Museum

Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative)
7342384 Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative) by Peers, Charles Ernest (1875-1944); National Maritime Museum, London

Part of a southern hemisphere star chart from Reiner Ottens's Atlas Maior (1730)
7339165 Part of a southern hemisphere star chart from Reiner Ottens's Atlas Maior (1730), with the Greenwich Observatory (left) and the Round Tower observatory in Copenhagen (right)

Sir William Herschel's telescope or the Great Fort-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785
FLO4594356 Sir William Herschel's telescope or the Great Fort-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Bareges: La Mongie, Pic du midi du Bigorre construction of
LUX4709613 France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Bareges: La Mongie, Pic du midi du Bigorre construction of the observatory, 1880; (add.info.: France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65)

LICK Observatory of Mount Hamilton, CALIBRIA, USA Engraving 1886
JAB4120746 LICK Observatory of Mount Hamilton, CALIBRIA, USA Engraving 1886; (add.info.: LICK Observatory of Mount Hamilton, CALIBRIA, USA Engraving 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Astronomer with telescope, 1785 (engraving)
2526598 Astronomer with telescope, 1785 (engraving); (add.info.: Science. Astronomy. An astronomer with his telescope. Engraving, Germany, 1785.); Photo © CCI

Astronomer in his observatory, 1673 (engraving)
2526583 Astronomer in his observatory, 1673 (engraving) by Hevelius, Johannes (1611-87); (add.info.: Science. Astronomy. Astronomer in his observatory, XVIIth cent)

Astronomers in Palestina, 1732 (engraving)
2526572 Astronomers in Palestina, 1732 (engraving); (add.info.: Astronomy. Astronomers in Palestina. Engraving in: Physica Sacra, by Johann Jacob Scheuzer, Germany, 1732.); Photo © CCI

Flamsteed House in Greenwich Park, London, designed by Christopher Wren on the orders of Charles II as an Observatory
541715 Flamsteed House in Greenwich Park, London, designed by Christopher Wren on the orders of Charles II as an Observatory

Reflecting telescope on top of the Rocky Mountains which the Director of the Cambridge Observatory, Massachusett
538393 Reflecting telescope on top of the Rocky Mountains which the Director of the Cambridge Observatory, Massachusett, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1865 (engraving)
538149 Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Page of London views, 1835 (engraving)
8663304 Page of London views, 1835 (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, View West from the Observatory (b/w photo)
8640634 Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, View West from the Observatory (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cottage City)

28-inch visual refractor telescope, c.1893 (cast iron, steel)
7337584 28-inch visual refractor telescope, c.1893 (cast iron, steel) by Grubb, Howard (1844-1931); 820x0 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The original astronomical observations made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole
7337577 The original astronomical observations made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole, and around the world in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure

Three figures using astronomical equipment in the Great Star Room or the Octagon Room, as it is known today
7342715 Three figures using astronomical equipment in the Great Star Room or the Octagon Room, as it is known today, at the Royal Observatory

Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative)
7342385 Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative) by Peers, Charles Ernest (1875-1944); National Maritime Museum, London

Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative)
7342382 Astronomical glass plate of diagram of The Royal Observatory at Cape of Good Hope (glass negative) by Peers, Charles Ernest (1875-1944); National Maritime Museum, London

Greenwich from the Point, c.1820 (watercolour)
7342007 Greenwich from the Point, c.1820 (watercolour) by Heriot, George (1766-1844); 29.4x41.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

An engraving depicting Oxford University's Radcliffe Observatory, 19th century
5310670 An engraving depicting Oxford University's Radcliffe Observatory, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1810); Universal History Archive/UIG

The equatorially mounted refracting telescope
5310089 The equatorially mounted refracting telescope; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the equatorially mounted refracting telescope at the Vienna Observatory)

An engraving depicting an imaginative reconstruction of Ptolemy of Alexandria in his observatory. Claudius Ptolemy (d)
5311629 An engraving depicting an imaginative reconstruction of Ptolemy of Alexandria in his observatory. Claudius Ptolemy (d)

A photograph of a 30-inch refractor at Pulkovo Observatory. Built by Repsold, Hamburg, 1884, 19th century
5311605 A photograph of a 30-inch refractor at Pulkovo Observatory. Built by Repsold, Hamburg, 1884, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

John Jackson (1887-1958), Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory (1914-1933), early 20th century (photo)
7340380 John Jackson (1887-1958), Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory (1914-1933), early 20th century (photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Maritime Museum, London

Airy's transit circle telescope, 1850 (photo)
7340621 Airy's transit circle telescope, 1850 (photo) by British School, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

The Uraniborg, or City of Heaven, on the Island of Hven, Denmark. Observatory built by the celebrated Danish astronomer
FLO4722115 The Uraniborg, or City of Heaven, on the Island of Hven, Denmark. Observatory built by the celebrated Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe

They spend the greatest part of their lives in observing the celestial bodies
2963112 They spend the greatest part of their lives in observing the celestial bodies. Illustration from Gulliver's voyage to the flying island or rock of Laputa

Astronomer in his observatory, 1673 (engraving)
2526582 Astronomer in his observatory, 1673 (engraving) by Hevelius, Johannes (1611-87); (add.info.: Science. Astronomy. Astronomer in his observatory, XVIIth cent)

The 100 cm (40 in) refracting telescope in the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
3473184 The 100 cm (40 in) refracting telescope in the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America, from Meyers Lexicon, pub

Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke
3585952 Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke; (add.info.: Photograph of Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835-1897) a German astronomer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Angelo Secchi
3585739 Angelo Secchi; (add.info.: Portrait of Angelo Secchi (1818-1878) an Italian astronomer and director of the Observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University

The Astronomical observatory in Bogota
2910792 The Astronomical observatory in Bogota; (add.info.: 1800 Engraving depicting the Astronomical observatory in Bogota. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Scotland: The Observatory, Summit of Ben Nevis (b/w photo)
8654599 Scotland: The Observatory, Summit of Ben Nevis (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Observatory, Summit of Ben Nevis)

The Royal Observatory looking downhill, 1872 (watercolour)
7340803 The Royal Observatory looking downhill, 1872 (watercolour) by Airy, Christabel (1842-1917); 46x69 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

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"Exploring the Cosmos: A Glimpse into the World of Observatories" The 200-inch observatory at Palomar stands tall, inviting us to unravel the mysteries of the universe through its powerful lens. Step inside The Round Tower Interior in Copenhagen, Denmark, and feel a sense of awe as you gaze up at the celestial wonders above. Clearwater Beach in Florida not only offers stunning ocean views but also serves as a gateway to explore the vastness of space through nearby observatories. Journey back in time with an early daguerreotype of the moon captured by John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond using Harvard College Observatory's 15-inch refractor in 1852. Transport yourself to c. 1700 England where Royal astronomer John Flamsteed and his assistant Marsh diligently observe from within Greenwich Observatory's historic walls. With Zeiss optics on your side, no enemy sub will dare lift its eye – showcasing how observatories have played crucial roles beyond astronomical research throughout history. From Lovell radio telescope's towering presence to Kepler Mission space telescope's artistic depiction, humanity continues pushing boundaries for deeper cosmic understanding. Mauna Kea telescopes against a backdrop of Milky Way remind us that Earth is just a tiny speck amidst an infinite expanse waiting to be explored further. Marvel at the underside view of Arecibo radio telescope, revealing intricate engineering that enables us to listen closely to distant celestial signals. Solar prominence captures our attention with its fiery display while reminding us that even our closest star holds countless secrets yet to be fully understood.