N. R. Pogson
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Norman Robert Pogson, CIE was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical sca
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Pogson in academic gown
The Madras Observatory c. 1838
Pogson's grave
Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary
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Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary was an Indian astronomer who worked at the Madras Observatory along with N.R. Pogson. He was the first Indian Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and is known for his
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…to be a return of Biela's Comet but was later found to be a different object which has been called "Pogson's comet". One of Pogson's assistants was Chintamani Raghunatha Chary. He worked for many years with Pogson and his retirement in 1878 was a blow to Pogson. Pogson also got into increasing difficulties with his collaborators…
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Urdu translation on the transit of Venus (1874)