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2 January 2020 at 5:28 pm in reply to: BAA 2020: Highlighting Women in Astronomy From BAA President Alan Lorrain #581862
Bill Barton
ParticipantI have also written on the lives of two prominent women members of the BAA:-
Alice Grace Cook, JBAA, vol. 129, no. 1, p. 29-37, and
Fiammetta Wilson, The Antiquarian Astronomer, issue 13, June 2019, p. 23-29.
Bill Barton
ParticipantI was hoping for something on-line so I reference it for others to see, but I have now found an alternative source of the information required, which is available on-line.
22 November 2019 at 7:47 am in reply to: Prediction of high activity of alpha Monocerotid shower #581629Bill Barton
ParticipantAlex,
The Sky & ‘Scope article refers to 400 meteors per hour not per minute?
Bill B.
Bill Barton
ParticipantSo the Hubble Constant isn’t constant?
Bill Barton
ParticipantMy confusion has been over the use of minutes and seconds as divisions of both degrees (of declination or right ascension) and hours (of right ascension). A complete circle is either 360 degrees or 24 hours so these minutes and seconds are actually different sizes.
15 May 2018 at 9:53 am in reply to: One Day Conference on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy #579487Bill Barton
ParticipantIt’s the day before the Society for the History of Astronomy‘s Summer Picnic at the Norwich Astronomical Society‘s Observatory.
Bill Barton
ParticipantYes, that’s the one.
Herbert Tomkins lived locally and his biography is on the OASI website.
Thank You.
Bill Barton
ParticipantJeremy,
The image I would like to use was published as a frontispiece in volume 42 and printed between pages 90 and 91.
The photographper died in 1934, so is unavailable to contact for permission.
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