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Explore the tools people have used to understand the heavens. These objects form a world-class record of astronomical instrument-making, observation and demonstrations from the 10th century to the present day.

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Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

Astronomy

1967

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

901-1100 CE

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

Astronomy

1755-1756

Photograph of the instruments used by the British expedition when observing the 1919 total solar eclipse in Brazil.

Astronomy

1919

Nasmyth reflecting telescope on turntable stand, 1850-1852

Astronomy

1850-1852

Glass positive photograph of total solar eclipse

Astronomy

1919

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Aluminium spectroscopic plate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

Astronomy

1998-2002

French Clock with orrery planetary model and winding keys

Astronomy

1830-1832

Kew Photoheliograph

Astronomy

1857

Lunar Crater model

Astronomy

1849-1851

Dall-Kirkham reflecting telescope, 1960-1975

Astronomy

1960-1975

Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

Astronomy

1645-1655

Portable transit instrument by Dollond, with a 2-i

Astronomy

1750-1770

Solar Corona 1893 April 16, Brazil, glass transpar

Astronomy

1893

Folding telescope designed by Horace Dall

Astronomy

1960-1975

Set of four unsigned eyepieces with RAS threads, t

Astronomy

1880-1920

Orrery planetary model with gearwork, 1776-1785

Astronomy

1776-1785

Refracting telescope with 5.9-inch aperture lens, brass tube and English type equatorial mounting and clockwork drive

Astronomy

1829

Norman Lockyer’s seven-prism spectroscope

Astronomy

1868

Clay Hall in old Windsor, Berkshire

Astronomy

1950-1958

Lunar globe

Astronomy

1987

Mars Globe, 8 1/2-inch in diameter by Replogle Glo

Astronomy

1981-1982

Islamic horary quadrant, Persian, 1701-1800

Astronomy

1701-1800

Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

Astronomy

1145-1155

Lunar crater model

Astronomy

1850-1871

European astrolabe, 1570

Astronomy

1565-1575

Orrery planetary model by Thomas Wright, 1718-1747

Astronomy

1718-1747

Photographic print of Herschel's Forty-Foot Telescope, 1890

Astronomy

1890

Brass lacquered sextant with straight-bar-pattern, 24 pillar frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle with counterbalanced tripod pillar stand and mercury artificial horizon in wooden box, all by John and Edward Troughton, 136 Fleet Street , London, England, 1790-1800. Consists of brass 127° scale (-5° to 140°) with 20’ divisions and brass vernier (10”), three index-filter shades (red & green), two horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 90mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescope (182mm – inverted image) with 2 extra draw tubes, 131mm sighting tube and other accessories. The fitted rectangular case has in the lid the trade card for J. & E. Troughton. The artificial mercurial horizon consisting of a rectangular wooden trough fitted in a tin tray and a brass-framed, roof-shaped cover with glazed side panels, unsigned, made later, 1845-55.

Brass framed sextant with stand, artificial horizon and case.

Astronomy

1790-1800

Italian celestial globe, 1636

Astronomy

1636

Calotype print by Nasmyth of lunar crater models and a refracting telescope outside his home in England, 1858

Astronomy

1858

One of 15 assorted photographs of Nasmyth's crater

Astronomy

1850-1871

Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724

Astronomy

1685-1724

American refracting telescope, 1870-1880

Astronomy

1870-1880

Pocket planetarium, 1935-1939

Astronomy

1935-1939

Model of the Great Rosse Telescope, 1842-1845

Astronomy

1844-1845

Incomplete mechanical orrery

Astronomy

Cassegrain reflecting Telescope of 2 1/2-inch aper

Astronomy

1756-1758

Glass positive of Hubble’s classification of ‘nebulae’

Astronomy

1930

Uncoloured and uncut printed paper gores for the 'New Celestial Globe'

Astronomy

1851-1900

Speculum Metal Mirror, 1840-60

Astronomy

1840-1860

The Astroglobe

Astronomy

1929-1939

Mars globe

Astronomy

1896-1899

Mechanical lantern slide of the Solar System

Astronomy

1838

Speculum mirror for Gregorian telescope

Astronomy

1753-1755

Orrery planetary model by Benjamin Martin, 1738-1777

Astronomy

1738-1777

European astrolabe, 1425-1435

Astronomy

1425-1435

English celestial globe with Sun and Moon arms, 1747

Astronomy

1747

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