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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist
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Alidade
Armillary sphere
astronomical t&e: sphere, armillary
Backstaff
Backstaff with artificial horizon
board, sketching
Box
Chart Rule
data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: napier's bones
data processing t&e: computing instrument: computer, tidal
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
ddata processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
drafting t&e: board, sketching
drafting t&e: rule, parallel
drafting t&e: sector
drafting t&e: station pointer(fitted with alidade)
furniture: wardrobe
Gunter's scales
Gunter scale
Horizontal Force Instrument
Horizontal Force Instrument lid
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern)
meteorological t&e: thermometer component: case
Napier's bones
Octant
Parallel rule
rule, plane-table
scale, fathom
scale, sounding machine
Seasonal inclining dial
Sector
Slide rule
Slide rule - sliding Gunter rule
Station pointer
Stick barometer
surveying & navigational t&e: alidade
surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: scale, fathom(vin H)
surveying & navigational t&e: horizontal force instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: rule, plane table
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's: chart rule
Thermometer case
Tidal computer
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
Wardrobe
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport accessory: scale, sounding machine
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Aston & Mander Ltd
Bate, Robert
Berge, Matthew
Coombes
Corson, Robert
Dover, A. W.
Elton, John
Garner, Will
Gilbert, John
Hay, Cdr
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Lee, George, & Son
Martin, Benjamin
Nairne & Blunt
National Maritime Museum
Patrick, John
Place, William
Sarrazin
Sisson, Jonathan
Stebbing, J R
Tobzigli, Giero
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Xiu-Shui, Fang
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Chakdina (1951)
Lady of St Kilda fl.1837
M2 (1919)
Strathlairg
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Acland, Thomas Dyke
Herschel, John Frederick William
Montagu, George
Nelson, Horatio
Townsend, C. R.
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Slide rule
Octant
Slide rule - sliding Gunter rule
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Slide rule
Backstaff
Backstaff with artificial horizon
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Backstaff
rule, plane-table
Gunter's scales
Gunter's scales
Chart Rule
Napier's bones
Gunter's scales
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Parallel rule
board, sketching
Gunter's scales
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