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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 winners
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Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
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astronomical t&e: planetarium: orrery
astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
Backstaff
Case
Chart
Chart; Manuscript
Dirk scabbard
Display label
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
Drawing instrument set
Earth
Gunter rule
Key
Manuscript
Map case part
Marine chronometer
Marine timekeeper
Marine timekeeper 'K1'
Marine timekeeper box
Model and bracket for Earth
Non-achromatic telescope
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
Orrery
Pin
Pocket telescope
Portable telescope
Portrait miniature
Ruler
Scabbard for dirk
Sector
surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
Sympiesometer
Tea urn
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timekeeper: chronometer(K3)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K1)
Winding key
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boxwood
brass
brass, grenadilla wood,
ebony (CITES)
enamel
glass
ivory (CITES)
ivory (CITES), lignum vitae
Key ivory (CITES)
leather
mahogany
mercury
metal
metal: brass
metal: enamel
oil
painted
paper
Ray skin
shagreen
silver
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
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Adams, George
Arnold, John Roger
Chawner, Henry
Farquhar
Garner, Will
Graham, John
Hatch, Charles
Howells & Pennington
Jones, William
Kendall, Larcum
Malby & Co
Short, James
Simmonds, James
Simonds, James
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Willdey, George
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Liverpool
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Captain James Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages
Transit of Venus, 1769
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Time and Longitude
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Cook, James
Mudge, Thomas
Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Portable reflector telescope - Ivory key (Key)
Winding key for K1 (Winding key)
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