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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
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Astronomers Take Over
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Must-see artworks in the Queen's House
What to look out for in the inspiring new take on the Queen’s House’s displays in 2026
Artemis Programme: what you need to know about NASA’s Moon missions
NASA's Artemis missions aim to land humans on the Moon again, create a lunar base, and lay the groundwork for a future trip to Mars
'Observing the Universe reveals how small yet precious we are'
An accident led Takanobu Kurosaki to rediscover life’s beauty and fall in love with astrophotography. Explore his image shortlisted in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025
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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: protractor, sextant(combined sextant & protractor)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
Double Box Sextant
Double box sextant box
Double box sextant box strap
double quintant
Double Sounding Quintant
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quintant, pocket
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Sextant eyepiece tube
Sextant miscellaneous part
Sextant Protractor
Sextant shaded eyepiece
Sextant telescope
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant(enlarged form of box sextant)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, pocket
Telescope
visual communication t&e: code, signal
water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)
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metal: brass
metal: brass, anodised
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organic: ivory
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papier mache
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shark skin
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wood: ebony
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
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Cary
Cary, John
Cary, William
Stebbing, George
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Biscoe, John
Butler, Thomas
Captain George
Cook, James
Jean-Francois de La Perouse
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Phipps, G. J.
Pickersgill, Richard
Ross, James Clark
Vancouver, George
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Sextant box
Sextant miscellaneous part
Double box sextant box strap
Sextant adjusting pin
Sextant telescope
Octant
Double Sounding Quintant
Douglas Reflecting Protractor (Sextant Protractor)
Pocket globe
Celestial miniature globe (Miniature globe)
Night telescope
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Pocket sextant (Double Box Sextant)
Pocket Quintant
Terrestrial floor globe (Floor globe)
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Double box sextant box
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