Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy Trials, Tribulations,
Professor Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review tra
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Wayne Orchiston
Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits
Astrophysics and Space Science Library Volume 422 Editorial Board Chairman W.B. Burton, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands ([email protected]) F. Bertola, University of Padua, Italy C.J. Cesarsky, Commission for Atomic Energy, Saclay, France P. Ehrenfreund, Leiden University, The Netherlands O. Engvold, University of Oslo, Norway A. Heck, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France E.P.J. Van Den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands V.M. Kaspi, McGill University, Montreal, Canada J.M.E. Kuijpers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands H. Van Der Laan, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands P.G. Murdin, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK B.V. Somov, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia R.A. Sunyaev, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
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Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits
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Wayne Orchiston National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand Chiang Mai Thailand
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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
