In 1910 the Victorian Government Astronomer, Pietro Baracchi, led an eclipse expedition of Australian astronomers to Bruny Island, Tasmania. Included in this elite group were G.F. Dodwell, and W R Browne from Adelaide Observatory as well as the respected amateurs C. J. Merfield and A. W. Dobbie.
Amongst the equipment used at Bruny Island was this instrument often referred to as the ‘Greenwich Coronograph’. This instrument, under the charge of C. J. Merfield, seen in this photograph, was originally a part of the Greenwich Observatory’s collection and had already seen use in Mauritus during the 1901 Eclipse.
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Photographer unknown, Tasmania, 1910
Post by Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator
