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May’s night sky brings a rare blue moon, meteors from Halley’s Comet, and a strange galactic hamburger. We’ll also explore Coma Berenices and use it to find star clusters and distant galaxies.
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Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
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astronomical t&e: telescope: mural circle (Maskelyne's 6ft)
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Allen, H. R.
Coombe, W.
Coombes
Dumarest, Rambert
Earnshaw, Thomas
Gass, P.W.
Gatteaux, Nicholas Marie
Holzhäuser, Johann Philip
J.G. Jaeger
Nairne, Edward
Puyl, L. F. G. van der
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Tanner, J. S.
Yudin, S.
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Dumarest, Rambert
Institut National des Sciences et des Arts
Lalande, Jérôme Lefrançois de
Maskelyne, Nevil
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski
Tsarina Catherine II of Russia
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Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776 (medal)
Medal commemorating Dr Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807) (medal)
Cast of a medal commemorating Polish astronomer Martin Poczobut (1728-1810) (Medal cast)
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Nevil Maskelyne, fifth Astronomer Royal (1732-1811) (Drawing)
Reverend Neville Maskelyne (Photographic print)
Cistern barometer
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Counter commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences (counter)
Medal, Institut National des Sciences et des Arts (Medal)
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Copley Medal (Prize medal)
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