Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728
1727-1728
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
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
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Gunter quadrant
1640
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Altitude quadrant
1552
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Series of 11 photographs (some duplicates)
1883
Digital Optical Module (DOM) from the IceCube neutrino detector
2007-2008
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Fifteen Photographs of Nasmyth's Lunar Crater Models
1850-1871
Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816
1795-1816
A lithograph depicting a solar eclipse, taken from a photograph, 1869
1869
Moon globe by John Russell, 1797
1797-1805
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Islamic horary quadrant, Persian, 1701-1800
1701-1800
Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691
1686-1691
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
Film positive (9 7/8" x 7 3/4") nebula N.G.C. 5866
1923
Film positive (9 7/8" x 7 3/4") Nebula N.G.C. 4594
1923
Positive on glass
1890
Hindu astrolabe
1870
Camera from the Super Wide Angle Search for Planets (SuperWASP)
2006-2008
Four photographic prints in passe-partout frames of Solar Corona
1936
Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot
1872
set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe
1840-1890
Italian Copernican armillary sphere in metal with wooden turned stand
1781-1846