About this workshop
During this online workshop in December 2021, we explored the processes by which new disciplines, techniques and instrumentation were taken up within observatories in the 19th and 20th centuries and how they were influenced by local, national, imperial and international contexts.
Topics considered:
- Defining observatory networks
- Comparing the histories of similar instruments installed in different observatories
- How photography transformed the modern observatory
- Electronic imaging
- Telegraphic networks between observatories
- Automation of instruments
- Instruments and international collaboration
- What can we learn about networks from the material culture of observatories?
Essential information
Dates: 6-8 December 2021
Location: Online
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Observatory Sites and Networks since 1780
Inspired by the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in 2025, this research networking project brought together UK and international scholars who research observatory histories
‘Living and working at the observatory’
The second workshop as part of the Observatory Networks initiative
‘Historic Observatory Networks'
The third workshop as part of the Observatory Networks initiative
'Contemporary Observatory Networks'
The fourth and final workshop as part of the Observatory Networks initiative
Observatory Sites and Networks since 1780
Inspired by the forthcoming 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in 2025, this research networking project brought together UK and international scholars who research observatory histories
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