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The great Melbourne telescope / Richard Gillespie.

By:

Gillespie, Richard [author.]

Contributor(s):

Museum Victoria [issuing body.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Melbourne : Museum Victoria, 2011Description: 188 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 plan, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781921833052 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

522.2994 23

Available additional physical forms:

Also available online (ebrary)

Summary: "Designed by leading British astronomers and erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest telescope in the world. It was designed to explore the nebulae in the southern skies. Were the nebulae really clouds of gas, the birthplace of stars, or were they distant clusters of stars? Only a large telescope could help resolve this question. For Melburnians in the 1870s and 1880s, the telescope was tangible evidence of Melbourne's claim to being the leading metropolis of the southern hemisphere. The telescope became a symbol of Marvellous Melbourne. Incredibly, the telescope had a second and third life; transferred to Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra in 1945, it was rebuilt for new astronomical projects. In the 1990s it detected compelling evidence of dark matter. Now returned to Melbourne, it is being restored for a new life. Few telescopes in the world have had such a rich history." -- Back cover.

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	Reference Collection	REF 522.2 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not For Loan		RBGM00005392
Book	State Botanical Collection	RBG	522.2 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Issued	23/09/2020	RBGM00005441

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index.

"Designed by leading British astronomers and erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest telescope in the world. It was designed to explore the nebulae in the southern skies. Were the nebulae really clouds of gas, the birthplace of stars, or were they distant clusters of stars? Only a large telescope could help resolve this question. For Melburnians in the 1870s and 1880s, the telescope was tangible evidence of Melbourne's claim to being the leading metropolis of the southern hemisphere. The telescope became a symbol of Marvellous Melbourne. Incredibly, the telescope had a second and third life; transferred to Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra in 1945, it was rebuilt for new astronomical projects. In the 1990s it detected compelling evidence of dark matter. Now returned to Melbourne, it is being restored for a new life. Few telescopes in the world have had such a rich history." -- Back cover.

Also available online (ebrary)

RBG copy 1: donated by The Author.