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Robert T. A. Innes
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Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS was a British-born South African astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars. He was also the first astronomer to ha
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Union Observatory
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Union Observatory, also known as Transvaal Observatory, Republic Observatory and Johannesburg Observatory, is a defunct astronomical observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa that operated from 1903 t
Robert T. A. Innes
…He was the founding director of a meteorological observatory in Johannesburg, which was later converted to an astronomical observatory and renamed to Union Observatory. He was the first Union Astronomer. Innes House, designed by Herbert Baker, built as his residence at the observatory, today houses the South African…
Photo of comet Mellish obtained with the Franklin Adams star camera of the Union Observatory on June 6, 1915, with an exposure of ninety minutes. The
Photo of comet Mellish obtained with the Franklin Adams star camera of the Union Observatory on June 6, 1915, with an exposure of ninety minutes. The position of the comet was then R.A. 22h. 35m., declination 70° 18′ south.