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THE annual report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors covers the period May 1, 1943–April 30, 1944, and describes the work done during the year at Greenwich and the various out-stations which together constitute the war-time Royal Observatory. Until the last-named date, no further damage by enemy action had been sustained at Greenwich. On the observational side, a restricted astronomical programme on the Airy transit circle has been maintained, solar work has been continued on the photoheliograph and spectrohelioscope, and the routine meteorological observations have been made as in normal times. Work at the out-stations includes the maintenance and improvement of the time service, which still operates from two undisclosed locations, the rating and supply of chronometers and watches for use in H.M. Forces, the production of the Nautical Almanac and various ancillary publications, and the regular magnetic observations made, as in previous years, at Abinger.
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: Annual Report. Nature 154, 307–308 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154307a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154307a0