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2004/124/2 IRIS2 Hartmann shutter, infrared spectrograph and imager component, metal, used by the Anglo-Australian Observatory, designed by Laser Micromachining Solutions / Anglo-Australian Observatory, made by Laser Micromachining Solutions, Sydney, New

H10025 Astronomical equipment, sun diagonal, Herschel Wedge, metal / glass, made by John Browning, London, England, 1875-1900, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1900-1950]

H10062 Transit theodolite with accessories and case, surveyors 6 inch, metal / glass / wood, made by Troughton & Simms, London, England, 1860-1915, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1931

H10288 Telescope eyepieces (2), Huygens, metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, [1890-1920], used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1890-1920]

H10289 Eyepieces (3), for 35mm diameter telescope, metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena Germany, 1890-1920, used at Sydney Observatory, Australia

H10290 Telescope eyepiece in box, prismatic, glass / metal / leather, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, [1890-1920], used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1890-1920]

H10293 Telescope eyepiece, 'Kellner', metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, 1890-1920, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1920

Telescope fittings and eyepieces for a 6" telescope.

H10343 Optical equipment, eyepieces and fittings for 6" telescope, metal / glass / wood / fabric, used at Sydney Observatory, maker unknown, 1877-1887

H10373 Reseau printer, photographic dark slide and reseau for astronomical photographs, glass / metal / wood / leather, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, 1885-1915

2009/41/1 Interdata 70 minicomputer, metal / plastic, made by Interdata Inc, Oceanport, New Jersey, United States of America, 1972, used by the Anglo-Australian Telescope, Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, 1974-2008

2009/65/1 Galileo's telescope, reproduction, leather / wood / glass, made by Antiques of Science & Technology, Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2009

On display in:
From Earth to the Universe exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

H10378 Astronomical equipment, celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper, maker unknown, [London, England], 1790-1821, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

Reseaux plate for measuring astronomical photographs

H10271 Reseau plate for measuring astronomical photographs, glass / silver / wood, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, made by P Gautier, France, 1887-1891

Parts of astrographic telescope made in Australia and England.

H10255 Astronomical instruments, parts of an astrograph, metal, made by Morts Dock and Engineering Company, the Atlas Engineering Company and W I Masters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1887-1890, used at S

H10063 Measuring instrument, scaleometer, microscopic, in case, metal / glass / leather, maker unknown, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1917-1940]

H10040 Spherometer in box, metal / wood, maker unknown, [England], 1917-1941, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

A folding arm 360 degree protractor in a storage case

H10028 Surveying instrument, folding arm protractor in case, brass / glass / wood / textile, made by Edward Esdaile, Sydney, New South Wales, 1919-1941, used at Sydney Observatory, Australia, 1919-1958

H10033 Optical equipment in storage box, diffraction grating, glass / leatherette / metal / fabric, designed by Henry Augustus Rowland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 1882, made by Thomas Thorp, London, England, 1905-1915, used by Sydney O

H10066 Optical instrument, for measurement of astronomical photograph plates, metal / glass / wood / plastic, used at Melbourne Observatory and Sydney Observatory, made by Repsold and Son, Hamburg, Germany, 1900-1902

H10184 Turret clock drive for chronograph or telescope, metal, retailed by Angelo Tornaghi, Sydney, 1880-1890, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

6-inch portrait lens made by J H Dallmeyer

H10186 Portrait lens, 6-inch and accessories, brass / glass / wood / leather, made by J H Dallmeyer, London, England, 1880-1890, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

2008/12/1 Telescope, Newtonian reflector, 46 cm, f/8.2 mirror (focal ratio), iron / steel / glass, made by George Herbert Hoskins, Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, 1917

91/221 Medal in case, awarded to Henry Chamberlain Russell by Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888, silver / leatherette / fabric, made by Stokes and Sons Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888

On display in:
Observing the Weather; Sydney Observatory

Allerding pocket watch in case 1879-1920

H10019 Pocket watch in case, metal / glass / wood / leather / fabric, made or retailed by F Allerding and Son, London, England and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1879-1920, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H10011 Sidereal-meantime conversion clock, metal / glass / wood, made by H F Pinnock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1950-1960, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H10012 Sidereal regulator clock, Shortt Number 49, master and slave units, glass / metal / wood / wire / paper, designed by William H Shortt, made by the Synchronome Company Limited, London, England, 1931-1942, used at the Greenwich Observatory, London, E

H10005 Lifting jack, metal, [made by Troughton and Simms], England, 1875-1877, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9921 Box chronometer, number 874/50318, wood / metal / glass, made by Robert Roskell, Liverpool, England, 1839, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Chronometer made by James Poole for F Allerding & Son

H9922 Box Chronometer, sidereal time, No. 4981, metal / glass / wood, manufactured by James Poole, London, England, for F Allerding & Son, Sydney, 1867-1874, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Chronometer made by Victor Kullberg for F Allerding

H9923 Box chronometer, sidereal time, number 3198, metal / wood / glass / [bone], made by Victor Kullberg, London, England for F Allerding, Sydney, 1875, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9925 Box chronometer, No. 2290, in storage box, with documents, brass / glass / wood, made by Robert Molyneux, London, England, 1835-1845, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9928 Surveying instruments, protractors (2) and case, metal / wood / textile, made by Elliott Brothers and Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1853-1873, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1917

H9917 Theodolite, 8" surveyor's transit theodolite with carrying cases (2), metal / glass / wood / leather / textile, made by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1855-1865, used at Sydney Observatory Red Hill Station, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-19

H9977 Micro-telescope, 'Davon', with case and accessories, metal / wood / glass, made by F Davidson and Company, London, England, 1914-1930, used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1900-1940]

99/27/1 Electrical slave clock, wood / glass / metal, [made by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia], 1920-1940, used by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9890 Regulator clock, Breguet mean-time regulator clock, metal / wood / paper, made by Breguet and Sons, Paris, France, 1818, used at the Parramatta and Sydney Observatory's, Parramatta and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9892 Repeating circle, 16 inch, brass / glass, made by Reichenbach, Utzschneider and Liebherr, Munich, Germany, 1804-14, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9894 Celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper / glass, made by Smith and Sons, London, England, 1790-1810, used at Parramatta Observatory, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9896 Two day box chronometer, number 5438, wood / metal / glass, made by William Webb, 4 Pullens Row, Upper Street, Islington, London, England, 1857-1867, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9904 Box chronometer, number 14620, wood / metal / glass, made by Thomas Mercer, London, England, 1936-1937, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

97/278/1 Mirror, glass/metal, part of Narrabri Stellar Interferometer, designed by Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Twiss, Officine Galileo, Italy, 1960-1961

97/281/1 Image Photon Counting System, including camera, electronics and control desk, wood/plastic/metal/glass, designed by Professor Alec Boksenberg, used at the Anglo-Australian Observatory, Australia, 1976-1995

2004/124/3 IRIS2 cold stop, infrared spectrograph and imager component, metal, used by the Anglo-Australian Observatory, designed by Laser Micromachining Solutions / Anglo-Australian Observatory, made by Laser Micromachining Solutions, Sydney, New South W

2004/124/4 IRIS2 multi-slit masks (2), infrared spectrograph and imager components, metal, used by the Anglo-Australian Observatory, designed by Laser Micromachining Solutions / Anglo-Australian Observatory, made by Laser Micromachining Solutions, Sydney,

2005/124/1 Photographic prints (61), paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1922

On display in:
Observing the Weather; Sydney Observatory

2005/124/2 Photograph album, paper / leather, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 -1922

2005/124/3 Book and diagram, 'The Star Camera', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892

2005/124/4 Magazine, 'The Observatory', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, published by the Royal Astronomical Society, London, England, 1908

2005/124/5 Glass plate negatives (11) in box, cardboard / glass, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c 1890-1922

2005/124/6 Catalogue with insert, 'Cooke, Troughton and Simms', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, published in London, England, [1930]

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Australian Eclipse expedition to Wollal 1922 [15 objects]

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Australian Solar Eclipse Expedition Goondiwindi 1922 [4 objects]

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Australian Solar Eclipse Expedition, Cordillo Downs 1922 [1 object]

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Cooke Troughton & Simms [24 objects]

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Henry Lenehan and the new site for Sydney Observatory 1907 [5 objects]

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Parramatta Observatory - Australia's First Observatory [10 objects]

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Sir Howard Grubb Parsons & Company [4 objects]

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Sydney Observatory 1858 -1926 [118 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera & the Mapping the Stars Project [22 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera and Mouchez's Reseau 1891 [32 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera First Photographs 1890 [36 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera Moon and Jupiter Photographs 1891 [5 objects]

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The 1874 Transit of Venus [5 objects]

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H7086 Astrolabe, brass, Persia, 1710.(OF). Persian brass astrolabe, 3 1/2" diameter with ornamented bracket, inset with setting for compass. Complete with back plate (mater), which forms a case for 4 engraved tablets & the open design tablet (or rete). At

H9894 Celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper / glass, made by Smith and Sons, London, England, 1790-1810, used at Parramatta Observatory, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

H9978 Optical equipment, astronomical lens, glass / metal, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Alvan Clark and Sons, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1875-1885

H10271 Reseau plate for measuring astronomical photographs, glass / silver / wood, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, made by P Gautier, France, 1887-1891

H10373 Reseau printer, photographic dark slide and reseau for astronomical photographs, glass / metal / wood / leather, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, 1885-1915

98/65/21 Astrophotograph, 'Southern Cross/ Uluru', colour, mounted, paper, Geoff Wyatt, Australia, 1991

87/219-2 Medallion, Halley's Commet over Ayres Rock, silver

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P3549-36 Photographic print, solar eclipse taken with Lick Observatory 12.19 metre (40 foot) coronograph, paper / silver gelatin, photographer Dr. Adams, used at Sydney Observatory, Wollal, Western Australia, 1922

95/239/11 Photographic print, Gilgoin meteorites, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1890-1905

95/239/19 Photographic print, stars, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1890

95/239/5 Photographic print, moon, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1892

95/239/6 Photographic print, the stars showing the area around Eta Argus (now Eta Carinae), glass / gelatin emulsion, used at Sydney Observatory, photograph by James Short and H. C. Russell, Sydney, 1891

P3321 Archive, aeronautics/ exploration/ astronomy, pencil / ink / watercolour / paper, Lawrence Hargrave, Australia, 1865-1915

P3548 Ilford photographic negatives (824), astrographic plates, glass plates, acetate, glass / emulsion / paper / acetate, photographs by various staff at the Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1862-1965

P3548-223 Photographic negative, number 5 the stars of the Milky Way showing the area around Beta Muscae, glass / gelatin, photograph by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,13 August, 1890, used at Sydney Observat

H10255 Astronomical instruments, parts of an astrograph, metal, made by Morts Dock and Engineering Company, the Atlas Engineering Company and W I Masters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1887-1890, used at S

85/2177 Star catalogue, 'Catalogus Stellarum Australium', leather / paper, authored by Edmond Halley, published by R. Hartford, printed by Thomas James, England, 1679, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1879-1979

89/659 Map, 'Charta Caelestis', silver plate/gold/wood, International Astronomical Union, 1978

97/278/1 Mirror, glass/metal, part of Narrabri Stellar Interferometer, designed by Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Twiss, Officine Galileo, Italy, 1960-1961

97/281/1 Image Photon Counting System, including camera, electronics and control desk, wood/plastic/metal/glass, designed by Professor Alec Boksenberg, used at the Anglo-Australian Observatory, Australia, 1976-1995

97/289/1 Feed horn, metal, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics, Australia,1969-1973

97/289/2 Receiver, cryogenic, 6 cm wavelength, metal, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics/Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Australia, 1970-71

97/289/3 Amplifier, parametric, 9 cm wavelength, metal/plastic, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics/Melabs, Australia/Palo Alto, California, 1972

97/289/4 Feed horn, brass, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics, Australia, 1965

97/292/1 Amplifiers (3), low noise, field effect transistor, cryogenic, for the Australia Telescope, metal/plastic, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Australia, 1984-1988

97/293/1 Fibre image slicer, used at the Anglo-Australian Telescope, metal / glass / plastic, Australia, 1987

H10295 Optical instrument, astronomical star diagonal, metal / glass, used by Sydney Observatory, made by T Cook and Sons Limited, England, 1897-1922

H9957 Astronomical equipment, level trier, brass / glass / [bone] / paint / paper, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Troughton and Simms Limited, London, England, 1875-1877

H10201 Astronomical equipment, minor planet guider, metal / wood / plastic, designed by Harley Wood, made by H F Pinnock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1954, used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1954-1964

H10202 Astronomical equipment, pivot testing apparatus, wood / glass / metal / paper / ink, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1875-1877

$H10294 Optical equipment, seven refractor telescope eyepieces in a box, brass / glass / wood / fabric, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Carl Zeiss and Hugo Schroeder, Germany, 1874-1900$ H10294 Optical equipment, seven refractor telescope eyepieces in a box, brass / glass / wood / fabric, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Carl Zeiss and Hugo Schroeder, Germany, 1874-1900

H10025 Astronomical equipment, sun diagonal, Herschel Wedge, metal / glass, made by John Browning, London, England, 1875-1900, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1900-1950]

H10306 Astronomical equipment, pivot testing apparatus, wood / glass / metal / paper / ink, used at Sydney Observatory, maker unknown, 1877-1907

H9976 Testing equipment, pivot testing apparatus used with transit telescope, metal / glass, used at Sydney Observatory, made by [Troughton and Simms], [London, England], 1876

H10273-2 Astronomical model, lantern slide, phases of the Moon and tides, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-3 Astronomical model, lantern slide, movement of a comet, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-4 Astronomical model, lantern slide, annual and diurnal motion of the Earth, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-5 Astronomical model, lantern slide, the Seasons, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-6 Astronomical model, lantern slide, movement of Venus, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-8 Astronomical model, lantern slide, phases of the Moon and tides, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-1 Astronomical model, lantern slide, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1750-1850

H10276 Astronomical model, orbit of Icarus, wood / paper / metal, used at and made by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date unknown

H10378 Astronomical equipment, celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper, maker unknown, [London, England], 1790-1821, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

2005/168/1 Mechanical Paradox with orrery, metal / wood, made by Richard Bartholomew Smith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1927

H7542 Telescope, astronomical, on brass tripod, J. Gilbert, Tower Hill, London, c. 1770

H9899-1 Telescope, 6 inch refracting transit telescope, brass / glass / wood, made by Troughton and Simms, London, 1875-1877, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2009/65/1 Galileo's telescope, reproduction, leather / wood / glass, made by Antiques of Science & Technology, Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2009

2005/134/1 Telescope, reflecting, and case, brass / glass / mahogany / silk , made by Dudley Adams, London, England, 1788-1817

2008/12/1 Telescope, Newtonian reflector, 46 cm, f/8.2 mirror (focal ratio), iron / steel / glass, made by George Herbert Hoskins, Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, 1917

98/65/1 Astrophotograph, 'Ebenezer Mission/ Southern Cross', colour, mounted, paper, Chris Dunmill, Australia, 1994

98/65/10 Astrophotograph, 'Small Magellanic Cloud/ cluster 47 Tucanae', black and white, mounted, paper, Stefan Buda, Australia, 1985-1995

98/65/11 Astrophotograph, 'Omega Centauri/ galaxy NGC 5128', black and white, mounted, paper, Stefan Buda, Australia, 1985-1995

98/65/12 Astrophotograph, 'Moon', black and white, mounted, paper, Monty Leventhal, Australia, 1995

98/65/13 Astrophotograph, 'Erathosthenes crater of the Moon', black and white, mounted, paper, Monty Leventhal, Australia, 1995

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H10025 Astronomical equipment, sun diagonal, Herschel Wedge, metal / glass, made by John Browning, London, England, 1875-1900, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1900-1950]

H10288 Telescope eyepieces (2), Huygens, metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, [1890-1920], used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1890-1920]

H10289 Eyepieces (3), for 35mm diameter telescope, metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena Germany, 1890-1920, used at Sydney Observatory, Australia

H10290 Telescope eyepiece in box, prismatic, glass / metal / leather, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, [1890-1920], used by Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1890-1920]

H10293 Telescope eyepiece, 'Kellner', metal / glass, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, 1890-1920, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1920

H10343 Optical equipment, eyepieces and fittings for 6" telescope, metal / glass / wood / fabric, used at Sydney Observatory, maker unknown, 1877-1887

H10373 Reseau printer, photographic dark slide and reseau for astronomical photographs, glass / metal / wood / leather, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, 1885-1915

2009/65/1 Galileo's telescope, reproduction, leather / wood / glass, made by Antiques of Science & Technology, Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2009

On display in:
From Earth to the Universe exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

H10378 Astronomical equipment, celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper, maker unknown, [London, England], 1790-1821, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

H10271 Reseau plate for measuring astronomical photographs, glass / silver / wood, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, made by P Gautier, France, 1887-1891

H10063 Measuring instrument, scaleometer, microscopic, in case, metal / glass / leather, maker unknown, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1917-1940]

H10040 Spherometer in box, metal / wood, maker unknown, [England], 1917-1941, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

H10184 Turret clock drive for chronograph or telescope, metal, retailed by Angelo Tornaghi, Sydney, 1880-1890, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H10186 Portrait lens, 6-inch and accessories, brass / glass / wood / leather, made by J H Dallmeyer, London, England, 1880-1890, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

2008/12/1 Telescope, Newtonian reflector, 46 cm, f/8.2 mirror (focal ratio), iron / steel / glass, made by George Herbert Hoskins, Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, 1917

On display in:
Observing the Weather; Sydney Observatory

H10011 Sidereal-meantime conversion clock, metal / glass / wood, made by H F Pinnock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1950-1960, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H10005 Lifting jack, metal, [made by Troughton and Simms], England, 1875-1877, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

H9921 Box chronometer, number 874/50318, wood / metal / glass, made by Robert Roskell, Liverpool, England, 1839, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

99/27/1 Electrical slave clock, wood / glass / metal, [made by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia], 1920-1940, used by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9892 Repeating circle, 16 inch, brass / glass, made by Reichenbach, Utzschneider and Liebherr, Munich, Germany, 1804-14, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9894 Celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper / glass, made by Smith and Sons, London, England, 1790-1810, used at Parramatta Observatory, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

On display in:
By the Light of the Southern Stars Exhibition; Sydney Observatory

H9904 Box chronometer, number 14620, wood / metal / glass, made by Thomas Mercer, London, England, 1936-1937, used at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

97/278/1 Mirror, glass/metal, part of Narrabri Stellar Interferometer, designed by Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Twiss, Officine Galileo, Italy, 1960-1961

2005/124/1 Photographic prints (61), paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1922

On display in:
Observing the Weather; Sydney Observatory

2005/124/2 Photograph album, paper / leather, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 -1922

2005/124/3 Book and diagram, 'The Star Camera', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892

2005/124/4 Magazine, 'The Observatory', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, published by the Royal Astronomical Society, London, England, 1908

2005/124/5 Glass plate negatives (11) in box, cardboard / glass, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c 1890-1922

2005/124/6 Catalogue with insert, 'Cooke, Troughton and Simms', paper, used by James Short, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, published in London, England, [1930]

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Alvan Clark [1 object]

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Australian Eclipse Expedition Bruny Island 1910 [4 objects]

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Australian Eclipse Expedition to Flint Island 1908 [1 object]

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Australian Eclipse expedition to Wollal 1922 [15 objects]

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Australian Solar Eclipse Expedition Goondiwindi 1922 [4 objects]

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Australian Solar Eclipse Expedition, Cordillo Downs 1922 [1 object]

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Cooke Troughton & Simms [24 objects]

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Henry Lenehan and the new site for Sydney Observatory 1907 [5 objects]

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Parramatta Observatory - Australia's First Observatory [10 objects]

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Sir Howard Grubb Parsons & Company [4 objects]

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Sydney Observatory 1858 -1926 [118 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera & the Mapping the Stars Project [22 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera and Mouchez's Reseau 1891 [32 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera First Photographs 1890 [36 objects]

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Sydney Observatory Star Camera Moon and Jupiter Photographs 1891 [5 objects]

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The 1874 Transit of Venus [5 objects]

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H9894 Celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper / glass, made by Smith and Sons, London, England, 1790-1810, used at Parramatta Observatory, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

H9978 Optical equipment, astronomical lens, glass / metal, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Alvan Clark and Sons, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1875-1885

H10271 Reseau plate for measuring astronomical photographs, glass / silver / wood, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, made by P Gautier, France, 1887-1891

H10373 Reseau printer, photographic dark slide and reseau for astronomical photographs, glass / metal / wood / leather, used at the Sydney and Melbourne Observatory, 1885-1915

98/65/21 Astrophotograph, 'Southern Cross/ Uluru', colour, mounted, paper, Geoff Wyatt, Australia, 1991

87/219-2 Medallion, Halley's Commet over Ayres Rock, silver

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95/239/11 Photographic print, Gilgoin meteorites, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1890-1905

95/239/19 Photographic print, stars, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1890

95/239/5 Photographic print, moon, paper, [HC Russell], [Australia], 1892

P3321 Archive, aeronautics/ exploration/ astronomy, pencil / ink / watercolour / paper, Lawrence Hargrave, Australia, 1865-1915

89/659 Map, 'Charta Caelestis', silver plate/gold/wood, International Astronomical Union, 1978

97/278/1 Mirror, glass/metal, part of Narrabri Stellar Interferometer, designed by Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Twiss, Officine Galileo, Italy, 1960-1961

97/289/1 Feed horn, metal, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics, Australia,1969-1973

97/289/2 Receiver, cryogenic, 6 cm wavelength, metal, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics/Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Australia, 1970-71

97/289/3 Amplifier, parametric, 9 cm wavelength, metal/plastic, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics/Melabs, Australia/Palo Alto, California, 1972

97/289/4 Feed horn, brass, used on Parkes Radio Telescope, CSIRO Radiophysics, Australia, 1965

97/292/1 Amplifiers (3), low noise, field effect transistor, cryogenic, for the Australia Telescope, metal/plastic, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Australia, 1984-1988

97/293/1 Fibre image slicer, used at the Anglo-Australian Telescope, metal / glass / plastic, Australia, 1987

H10295 Optical instrument, astronomical star diagonal, metal / glass, used by Sydney Observatory, made by T Cook and Sons Limited, England, 1897-1922

H9957 Astronomical equipment, level trier, brass / glass / [bone] / paint / paper, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Troughton and Simms Limited, London, England, 1875-1877

H10202 Astronomical equipment, pivot testing apparatus, wood / glass / metal / paper / ink, used at Sydney Observatory, made by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1875-1877

H10025 Astronomical equipment, sun diagonal, Herschel Wedge, metal / glass, made by John Browning, London, England, 1875-1900, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, [1900-1950]

H10306 Astronomical equipment, pivot testing apparatus, wood / glass / metal / paper / ink, used at Sydney Observatory, maker unknown, 1877-1907

H9976 Testing equipment, pivot testing apparatus used with transit telescope, metal / glass, used at Sydney Observatory, made by [Troughton and Simms], [London, England], 1876

H10273-3 Astronomical model, lantern slide, movement of a comet, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-5 Astronomical model, lantern slide, the Seasons, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-6 Astronomical model, lantern slide, movement of Venus, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1758-1856, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1900

H10273-1 Astronomical model, lantern slide, wood / glass / metal, made by Dollond, London, England, 1750-1850

H10276 Astronomical model, orbit of Icarus, wood / paper / metal, used at and made by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date unknown

H10378 Astronomical equipment, celestial globe, wood / brass / plaster / paper, maker unknown, [London, England], 1790-1821, used at Parramatta and Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

2005/168/1 Mechanical Paradox with orrery, metal / wood, made by Richard Bartholomew Smith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1927

H7542 Telescope, astronomical, on brass tripod, J. Gilbert, Tower Hill, London, c. 1770

H9899-1 Telescope, 6 inch refracting transit telescope, brass / glass / wood, made by Troughton and Simms, London, 1875-1877, used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2009/65/1 Galileo's telescope, reproduction, leather / wood / glass, made by Antiques of Science & Technology, Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2009

2005/134/1 Telescope, reflecting, and case, brass / glass / mahogany / silk , made by Dudley Adams, London, England, 1788-1817

2008/12/1 Telescope, Newtonian reflector, 46 cm, f/8.2 mirror (focal ratio), iron / steel / glass, made by George Herbert Hoskins, Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, 1917

98/65/1 Astrophotograph, 'Ebenezer Mission/ Southern Cross', colour, mounted, paper, Chris Dunmill, Australia, 1994

98/65/10 Astrophotograph, 'Small Magellanic Cloud/ cluster 47 Tucanae', black and white, mounted, paper, Stefan Buda, Australia, 1985-1995

98/65/11 Astrophotograph, 'Omega Centauri/ galaxy NGC 5128', black and white, mounted, paper, Stefan Buda, Australia, 1985-1995

98/65/12 Astrophotograph, 'Moon', black and white, mounted, paper, Monty Leventhal, Australia, 1995

98/65/13 Astrophotograph, 'Erathosthenes crater of the Moon', black and white, mounted, paper, Monty Leventhal, Australia, 1995

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