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A Gain in Light Grasp: The Legacy of the Grubb Telescope

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John Tebbutt

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Once he acquired the clock-driven 8-in. Grubb refractor John Tebbutt was able to expand his existing observational programmes and introduce new ones. Thus, he could observe fainter comets for longer, measure closer double stars, make more positional observations of planets, track more minor planets, record a wider range of Jovian satellite phenomena and time more lunar occultations of stars.

In this chapter we survey the above-mentioned areas of observation, but in order to provide a realistic perspective on Tebbutt’s overall programme of observations we also review those objects and events he continued to observe that did not require the added light grasp of the 8-in. refractor or always demand a drive. Thus, this chapter also discusses his observations of variable stars, solar and lunar eclipses, transits of Mercury and lunar occultations of planets.

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    The following abbreviation is used: TL = Letters to J. Tebbutt, bound manuscript letters in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

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I am grateful to Dr. David Frew (University of Hong Kong), Martin George (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand and University of Southern Queensland), the late Peter Hingley (former Royal Astronomical Society Librarian), Professor Nick Lomb (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba), the late Dr. Brian Marsden (formerly Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), the late John Perdrix (Perth) and staff at the Mitchell Library (Sydney) for their assistance in various ways. I also wish to thank John Drummond (Patutahi, New Zealand), Martin George, the late Peter Hingley and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Germany) for kindly supplying Figs. 11.1, 11.9, 11.17, 11.24 and 11.26.

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Orchiston, W. (2017). A Gain in Light Grasp: The Legacy of the Grubb Telescope. In: John Tebbutt. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44521-2_11

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