Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. Its headquarters are in Burlington House, on Piccadilly in London. The society has over 4,000 members, known as fellows, most of whom are professional researchers or postgraduate students. Around a quarter of Fellows live outside the UK.
Entrance to the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House, London
The Royal Astronomical Society at the University of London History Day, 2016.
The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society awarded to Asaph Hall
The council room at the RAS
Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London. It was originally a private English Baroque and then Neo-Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington. It was significantly expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government. Today, the Royal Academy and five learned societies occupy much of the building.
The façade of Burlington House, 2010
Burlington House from Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff's Britannia Illustrata, 1707
One of James Gibbs's colonnades at Burlington, functioned as wall to enclose the house from the street, in watercolour c. 1806–08. (later demolished)
Photograph of the original main block of Burlington House, before the addition of the top storey, the facade dated from 1725 and designed by Colen Campbell.
