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David Gill And Celestial Photography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

C. A. Murray
C. A. Murray*
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 1RP, England

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In this centenary commemoration of the Paris Astrographic Congress it is appropriate that we should recall the very significant role played by David Gill, Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, in pioneering the application of photography to mapping the sky, and in the planning of the great Carte du Ciel project itself.

Type
Part I: Historical Research
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 133: Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions , 1988 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

References

Forbes, G 1916 David Gill: Man and Astronomer London, John Murray Google Scholar
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