Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724
1685-1724
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Gunter quadrant
1640
Altitude quadrant
1552
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Terrestrial globe by John Senex
1738
Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816
1795-1816
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Digital Optical Module (DOM) from the IceCube neutrino detector
2007-2008
Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array
1967
Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box
1883
European astrolabe, 1570
1565-1575
projected view of the centre of the town of Luton at sunset through a camera obscura
1960-1979
Horace Dall observatory
1960-1979
Airship R101 over Southern England
1929-1930
Drawing of Grand Orrery by Thomas Wright and engraving of 'The Grand Orrery' by John Rowley
1715-1728
Series of 11 photographs (some duplicates)
1883
Set of four photographs in window mounts showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc
1872-1884
Diapositives of photographs taken with the Kew Photoheliograph
1860-1862
Glass framed photograph, time lapse sequence of the partially eclipsed Sun and corona at totality
1912
Nasmyth reflecting telescope on turntable stand, 1850-1852
1850-1852
set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe
1840-1890
White enamel glass mirror and box, by William Herschel
1780-1800
Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope
1968
Italian Copernican armillary sphere in metal with wooden turned stand
1781-1846
Refracting telescope with observatory mounting, 1884
1884