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Woolston was the site of Dr. R.L.(Reggie) Waterfield's observatory from 1968
until his death in 1986 and was assigned Minor Planet Observatory code
993. The telescopes were moved there from the
Ascot Observatory in the grounds of
Imperial College London's field station at Silwood Park, Sunninghill,
near Ascot. The
location of the observatory (now demolished) is shown here, and the
coordinates from Google Earth are:
Longitude 002° 30' 21.00" W, latitude 51° 02' 49.62" N, height 91 m
 The
following
pictures were taken by P. Birtwhistle on 3rd Oct 1981 during one of a
number of visits
to the observatory.
Observatory with electrically operated sliding roof partially open and rotated,
looking east.
6" Cooke
refractor and 6" Cooke photographic triplet, clockwork drive with
manual slow motion, sidereal clock
6" Cooke refractor and 6" Cooke photographic triplet with full plate
holder
Star map table
with SAO catalogues and lightbox, single direction plate measuring machine, Brusviga lever-set
calculating machine and index card boxes containing IAU circulars |
