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THE annual report of the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth, shows that the activities of the Observatory are well maintained. The 12-in. McClean telescope has been used for taking spectra of ζ Aurigæ during its 1937 eclipse and also of Finsler's comet and of A -type stars. Its chief work has been in preparation for colour-temperature observations on early-type stars, and the preliminary experiments have shown that colour-temperature observations may be profitably taken up with this instrument. The 9-in. Kensington telescope has been used on a selected number of bright-line stars, with special attention to? Cassiopeia. Some photographs of star fields have been taken with the Zeiss triplet camera attached to the instrument. Three meteor cameras fixed outside the dome have been used for the photography of meteors, but unfortunately without success up to the present. Prof. Blumbach has used the Mond equatorial for photographs of galactic clusters, Finsler's Comet, and some test plates of the Andromeda nebula. Two photographs of the aurora of January 25, 1938, were taken by Mr. D. R. Barber, who also contributed notes on its appearance to the local Press. The director, Mr. D. L. Edwards, supplies many other interesting items in his report, dealing with publications, the laboratory, the library, buildings and grounds, etc.
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The Norman Lockyer Observatory. Nature 142, 107–108 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142107d0
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