Claire Beech reducing data from the Melbourne Observatory

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Claire Beech reducing data from the Melbourne Observatory The data was taken in the 1890s and was reworked and compared with new measurements in the 1950s to measure the motions of stars.

 

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  • Title: Claire Beech reducing data from the Melbourne Observatory
  • Description: The data was taken in the 1890s and was reworked and compared with new measurements in the 1950s to measure the motions of stars.
  • File name: hall_16.jpg
  • Dimensions: 1124 x 688 px

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  • The Transit hut, 1950
  • Preparing to lift the polar axis of the 50"
  • Lifting the 50" polar axis
  • Lowering the 50" polar axis onto the piers
  • Lunch break, 1949
  • Lunch break, 1949
  • Claire Beech reducing data from the Melbourne Observatory
  • Snow
  • Winter, 1950