The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is a former scientific institution in South Africa. Founded by the British Board of Longitude in 1820, its main building is now the headquarters building of t
Main building of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
The Observatory in 1857.
Thomas Henderson. His Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, 1831–1833
McClean building
David Gill (astronomer)
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Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who spent most of his career as H.M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Aberdeen, trained as a watch and clock-maker, and spent ten years in t
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
…Caille, showing that the latter's geodetic measurements had been correct but that nearby mountains had affected his latitude determinations. In 1882, David Gill obtained long-exposure photographs of the great comet of that year showing the presence of stars in the background. This led him to undertake in…
David Gill
Isobel Black and David Gill before their marriage
David Gill's heliometer, Provost Skene's House Museum, Aberdeen
Path of Juno showing the stars to be used for measurement of parallax.