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Some Opportunities and a Request for Assistance

Founded in 2002, the SHA is a group of individuals interested in the history of space exploration. We are conducting a survey on the UK's local astronomy history and need your help. Visit our website for more information and contribute to our research.

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Some Opportunities and a Request for Assistance

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  1. Some Opportunities and a Request for Assistance

  2. Founded in 2002. • A group of about 170 individuals mostly from the UK but with several overseas. • Membership open to anyone for a small subscription. • Interests range from history of space exploration all the way back to pre history, and most things in between. • Two major conferences a year, seven publications, plus other informal events. • Next conference in Bath in cooperation with the Herschel Society and Museum on Saturday 2nd April. • £10 to non members

  3. One Major focus of the SHA is to rediscover the UK’s local and forgotten history of astronomy. • Current results of a county by county survey are available on line and free for anyone to use. • https://shasurvey.wordpress.com/ • Please take a look, you may find something of interest.

  4. https://shasurvey.wordpress.com/ • Some counties are well covered – eg. Bucks, • Some are a bit sparse – E.Yorks, Beds, Herts, Leicestershire.

  5. Buckinghamshire Overview A = Astronomical society M = Mechanics’ institute M/S = Combined mechanics’ & literary/scientific society O = Observatory P = Place of astronomical interest (other than observatory) R = University or other site of astronomical/space research/education S = Scientific society Red: Still exists Black: No longer exists/status uncertain Rev Joseph Bancroft Reade’s Observatory, Stone In 1853, Reade described his small observatory and telescope in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society [Wood]. The observatory on the lawn of the vicarage in Oxford Road was described as being of Grecian design. It contained a transit room 11 ft long, 10 ft wide and 10 ft high. There was an equatorial roof almost 14 ft in diameter; the revolving roof was formerly at Vice-Admiral Smyth’s Observatory at Bedford [Beattie; Sherwood].

  6. https://shasurvey.wordpress.com/ • Some counties are a bit sparse – E. Yorks, Beds, Herts, Leicestershire.

  7. https://shasurvey.wordpress.com/ • Some counties are a bit sparse – E. Yorks, Beds, Herts, Leicestershire. • Can you help add some content? • Do you know of any historical astronomers, old observatories, scientific societies, mechanics institutes, Astro socs. etc etc. with Bedfordshire connections? • When you’re driving around if you see anything interesting please make a note. • Information to me geoffaking@aol.com or treasurer@bedsastro.org.uk

  8. Thanks

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