Series 8 - Eclipses


Date Range1965 - 1979
Quantity1 Box
ProvenanceRonald Gordon Giovanelli
Description

Working notes, news bulletins, research proposals, correspondence, certificates, graphs, photographs, publications, computer programs, reports, data tables


Inventory Listing

8-1 Solar eclipse 30 May 1965

Working notes on solar eclipse 30 May 1965. Includes information and calculations on topics such as:- position and time of eclipse, photometric calibration for eclipse films, filters, the brightness of the corona; News bulletin giving details of time of eclipse

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1965    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-1 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-2 Solar eclipse 20 June 1974

Proposals, working papers and correspondence relating to the 20 June 1974 total solar eclipse in Australia. Includes: List of solar eclipses 1974-1980; Papers:- "The 1974 June 20 total solar eclipse in Australia" by R. Roosen, P. Verdone and A. Jackson; "Total solar eclipse of 20 June 1974" by J. Duncombe; "Proposal for a collaborative program to observe the temperature structure of the solar corona during the June 20 1974 solar eclipse"; Map of south-west Western Australia (showing path of 1974 solar eclipse); Correspondence: A.R. Martin to RGG, Inwards and outwards correspondence between RGG and B.J. Harris; Operating instructions of spectrometer; Working notes on eclipse; Certificate issued to RGG celebrating participation in joint solar eclipse studies programme

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973 - 1974    Quantity 3.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-2 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-3 Solar eclipse 23 October 1976 South-eastern Australia

Proposals, working papers and correspondence relating to the 23 October 1976 total eclipse in south-eastern Australia. Includes papers: "Total solar eclipse of 23 October 1976" by A.D. Fiala and J.S. Duncombe; "Observed coronal temperatures at 1.37R in the region of a helmet structure" by D.H. Liebenberg, R.J. Bessey and B. Watson; "Coronal emission line profile observations at total solar eclipses" by D.H. Liebenberg; "Proposal for a rocket borne eclipse experiment to measure the structure of the solar corona, etc." by H.V. Argo and others December 1974; "Management plan and cost estimate for a rocket borne eclipse experiment, etc." by H.V. Argo and others; Photocopy of data from the Astronomical Ephemeris and covering letter from F.G. Watson, Royal Greenwich Observatory; Information on photographic film for use in astronomical instruments during solar eclipse including typescript, graphs and photographs; Working papers on eclipse

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1975 - 1976    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-3 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-4 Solar eclipse 16 February 1980 Correspondence and working papers

Inwards and outwards correspondence relating to the 16 February 1980 total solar eclipse in India and Africa. Includes correspondence with: M. Waterworth, University of Tasmania; M.K.V. Bappu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics; Lawrence Cram, Sacramento Peak Observatory; A.A. Page, Mount Tamborine Observatory; N. Goodman, British Astronomical Association; O. Gingerich, Center for Astrophysics; Wolfgang Kalkofen, Smithsonian Institution; C.T. Pandurangan, Regional director, Trade-wings Limited; R.N. Smartt, Sacramento Peak Observatory; A. Bhatnagar, Vedhshala Udaipur Solar Observatory; J.L. Farrands, Department of Science to M.D. Waterworth; Working papers, "On the probability of clear daytime skies near Kitt Peak National Observatory"

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1977 - 1979    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-4 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-5 Solar eclipse 16 February 1980 Kenya

Inwards and outwards correspondence and working papers relating to the 16 February 1980 total solar eclipse in Kenya. Includes correspondence: S.N. Gichuiya, East African Community, Meteorological Department; M.D. Waterworth, University of Tasmania; G. Newkirk, Jr., National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory; H.V. Argo, University of California; Working papers: "1980 eclipse - Kenya. Cloudiness analysis, February"; Maps of path of eclipse in Kenya; Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Kenya

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1977    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-5 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-6 Solar eclipse 16 February 1980 Working papers

Working papers relating to the 16 February 1980 total solar eclipse in India and Kenya. Includes: Specifications for "Monochromator model M1"; "Eclipse program"; "Brightness of corona"; Details of computer program named "BIMALIP"; Printouts of computer programs; 2 photographs of solar corona

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973 - 1979    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-6 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-7 Solar eclipse 16 February 1980 Reports and papers

Reports, papers, maps, equipment catalogues, correspondence, and working papers relating to the 16 February 1980 total solar eclipse in India and Kenya. Includes reports and papers: "Total solar eclipse of 16 February 1980" by A.D. Fiala and M.R. Lukac; "MALIP - A program to calculate the Stokes parameters profiles of magnetoactive Fraunhofer lines" by E. Landi Degl'Innocenti; "Proposal for a rocket borne eclipse experiment to measure the temperature structure of the solar corona, etc." by H.V. Argo and others November 1976; "Management plan and cost estimate for a rocket borne eclipse experiment, etc." by H.V. Argo and others November 1976; "Determination of the temperature of the solar corona from the spectrum of the electron-scattering continuum" by L.E. Cram; "The eclipse of February 16 1980" by J.C. Bhattacharyya; Documents relating to funding proposals eliciting support under the India/Australia Science and Technology Agreement; Equipment catalogues mainly on spectrometers and attachments; Working papers

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1976 - 1978    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-7 Box Number 17 Series 8
8-8 Solar eclipse 11 June 1983 Indonesia and New Guinea

Reports, correspondence, maps, tables and working papers relating to the 11 June 1983 total solar eclipse in Indonesia and New Guinea. Includes report: "Total solar eclipse of 11 June 1983" by A.D. Fiala and M.R. Lukac; Inwards and outwards correspondence with: J. Taylor, Going Places Travel; A.D. Fiala, U.S. Naval Observatory; Karyn Sawyer-Crouch, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Working papers including maps of Indonesia, tables and information on climate

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1983    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 8-8 Box Number 17 Series 8

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